muthos

Strong’sG3454

an idle tale, fable

stem muth-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** μῦθος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX: Wi 17:4 A, Si 20:19*;]

1. speech, conversation.

(a) a story, narrative (Hom.);

(b) later, opp. to λόγος (a true narrative) = Lat. fabula, a myth, fable, fiction: I Ti 1:4 4:7, II Ti 4:4, Tit 1:14, II Pe 1:16.†

SYN.: λόγος, q.v.

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

Strong’s G3454 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmoo'-thos

a tale, i.e. fiction ("myth")

Fromperhaps from the same as G3453 (through the idea of tuition);

King Jamesfable.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

μῦθος, ὁ,
word, speech, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+ and other Poets, in singular and plural, ἔπος καὶ μῦθος Refs 8th c.BC+; especially mere word, μύθοισιν, opposed to ἔγχεϊ,Refs 4th c.BC+ —in special relations:
2 public speech, μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει Refs 8th c.BC+; μύθου ἐπισχεσίη the submission of a plea, Refs 8th c.BC+; μύθοισι κεκάσθαι to be skilled in speech, Refs 8th c.BC+
3 conversation, mostly in plural, Refs
4 thing said, fact, matter, μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσωRefs 5th c.BC+; threat, command, ἠπείλησεν μῦθον Refs 8th c.BC+; charge, mission, Refs; counsel, advice, Refs
5 thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design, 1.545 (plural); μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον Refs 8th c.BC+; matter, θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι Refs; μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν the reason why.., Refs
6 saying, κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ. Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκ ἐμὸς ὁ μ. ἀλλ᾽.. Refs 5th c.BC+; saw, proverb, τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ Refs 4th c.BC+
7 talk of men, rumour, ἀγγελίαν.. τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει Refs 5th c.BC+; report, message, Refs 5th c.BC+
II tale, story, narrative, Refs 8th c.BC+ of or about him, Refs 8th c.BC+ the like ly story, like lihood, Refs 5th c.BC+, either of a story which never comes to an end, or of one told to those who do not listen, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ἐσώθη 'that's the end of the story', Refs 9th c.AD+
II.2 fiction (opposed to λόγος, historic truth), Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 generally, fiction, μ. ἴδιοι Refs 1st c.BC+; legend, myth, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 professed work of fiction, children's story, fable, Refs 5th c.BC+; of Aesop's fables, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.5 plot of a comedy or tragedy, Refs
III ={στάσις}, Refs; compare μυθιήτης.

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

myths4×devised myths1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	muthos	muthois
object accusative	muthon	muthoin2×μύθους
direct address vocative	muthor	muthoir
of, belonging to genitive	muthou	muthoiu
to, for dative	mutho	muthoi3×μύθοις

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

muthstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

mutho 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

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

muthoin“myths”objectaccusative plural2×

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

2 Timothy 4:4… tan akoan apostrefali, epi de toin muthoin ektrapili.… the truth and turn aside to myths.

muthoi“myths”to, fordative plural3×

1 Timothy 1:4mēde prosecharō muthoi kai genealogiai aperantai, hotinais ekzētēsiain parechalō …or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation …

Titus 1:14mē prosecharōntois Ioudaikoi muthoi kai entolai anthrōpoiu apostreforōntoiu tan alētheian.… will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men …

2 Peter 1:16“devised myths”Ouk gar sofizorēntoi muthoi exakoloutharantois gnōrizana vi tan tou kuriou …For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ …