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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μῦθος

Lemmaμῦθος
Citation formμῦθος, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossan idle tale, fable
Strong’sG3454
Transliterationmŷthos
Definitiona tale, i.e. fiction ("myth")
KJV glosses:--fable.
Derivationperhaps from the same as (through the idea of tuition)
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
μύθοις
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — 1 Timothy 1:4
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Titus 1:14
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — 2 Peter 1:16
μύθους
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — 1 Timothy 4:7
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — 2 Timothy 4:4

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: μυθος.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for μῦθος with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.