G3454 μῦθος

Strong's Greek Concordance · 5 KJV occurrences

μῦθος

mŷthos

Definition

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

KJV Renderings

fable

Derivation / Etymology

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

KJV Verses (5)

1 Timothy 1:4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
1 Timothy 4:7But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
2 Timothy 4:4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Titus 1:14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
2 Peter 1:16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.