Mythos means “fable” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3454 — yeshishay (“Jeshishai”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3454 μύθος (muthos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. muthos (moo'-thos) n. 1. a tale, i.e. fiction ("myth") [perhaps from the base of G3466 (through the idea of tuition)] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include fables, heed, rather, turn, and truth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
muthos (moo'-thos) n. 1. a tale, i.e. fiction ("myth") [perhaps from the base of G3466 (through the idea of tuition)] KJV: fable Root(s): G3466 See also: G3453
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3454. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
myth
Usage: μῦθος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Wis.17:4 A, Sir.20:19 * ;] __1. speech, conversation. __2. (a) a story, narrative (Hom.); __(b) later, opposite to λόγος (a true narrative) = Lat. fabula, a myth, fable, fiction: 1Ti.1:4 4:7, 2Ti.4:4, Tit.1:14, 2Pe.1:16.† SYN.. λόγος, q.v (AS)
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Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3454 (μύθος) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
An unseasonable tale Will always be in the mouth of the unwise.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3454.
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
For 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.
An unseasonable tale Will always be in the mouth of the unwise.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3454, grouped by book.
Mythos (Strong's G3454) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fable". muthos (moo'-thos) n. 1. a tale, i.e. fiction ("myth") [perhaps from the base of G3466 (through the idea of tuition)]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G3454 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3454 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fables, heed, rather, turn, truth, and neither. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3454, with linked reader references where each row is available.