adjective

bebēlos

Greekβέβηλος (bebēlos)

Strong’sG952

profane, secular, unspiritual, godless, worldly

stem bebēl-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

profane4×godless1×

What it means

βέβηλος, -ον

(< βαίνω, whence βηλός, a threshold), [in LXX chiefly for חֹל;]

1. permitted to be trodden, accessible (v. DCG, ii, 422b); hence,

2. (opp. to ἱερός) unhallowed, profane: of things, I Ti 4:7 6:20, II Ti 2:16; of men, I Ti 1:9, He 12:16 (cf. κοινός; Cremer, 140).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G952 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbeb'-ay-los

accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked

Fromfrom the base of G939 and βηλός (a threshold);

King Jamesprofane (person).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	bebēlos1×βέβηλος	bebēlas	bebēlem	bebēlois	bebēlais	bebēleim
object accusative	bebēlon	bebēlan		bebēloin1×βεβήλους	bebēlain2×βεβήλους
direct address vocative	bebēlor	bebēlar		bebēloir	bebēlair
of, belonging to genitive	bebēlou	bebēlau	bebēleu	bebēloiu	bebēlaiu	bebēleiu
to, for dative	bebēlo	bebēla	bebēle	bebēloi1×βεβήλοις	bebēlai	bebēlei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

bebēlstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

bebēl is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

bebēlamō — βεβηλόω, I profane

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

bebēlos“godless”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 12:16“godless”mē tinos pornos ē bebēlos hōs Ēsau, hos anti brōsiau henau apodōeta teim prōtotokieim heautou.See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

bebēloin“profane”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Timothy 4:7“profane”toin de bebēloin kai graōdoin muthoin paraitesōr. gumnazasōr de siauton pros eusebeian;But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.

bebēloi“profane”to, fordative plural1×

1 Timothy 1:9“profane”horarētos houtem, hoti dikaio nomos ouk keietō, anomoi de kai anupotaktoi, aseboi kai hamartōloi, anosioi kai bebēloi, patrolōaoi kai mētrolōaoi, androfonoi,We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

bebēlain“profane”objectaccusative plural2×

1 Timothy 6:20“profane”Ō Timotheor, tan parathēkan fulassasar, ektreperōtos tain bebēlain kenofōniain kai antithesiain tau pseudōnumau gnōsiau,O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

2 Timothy 2:16“profane”tain de bebēlain kenofōniain periistanesōr; epi polloterem gar prokoptali asebeiau,But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,