ΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΣΘΑΙ, βεβηλουσθαι
BEBĒLOUSTHAI, bebēlousthai
Sounds Like: beh-bee-LOO-sthai
Translations: to profane, to defile, to desecrate, to pollute
From the root: ΒΕΒΗΛΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect passive infinitive form of the verb 'βηλόω' (bebēloō). It means 'to have been profaned' or 'to have been defiled'. It describes an action that has been completed in the past and has a continuing effect, indicating that something has become unholy or impure. It is often used in contexts related to religious or sacred things being treated as common or impure.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0953 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 120:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΕΒΗΛΟΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΕΒΗΛΟΥ — to profane, to defile, to desecrate, to pollute
- ΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΝ — to profane, to defile, to desecrate
- ΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they are profaned, they are defiled, they are desecrated
- ΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they profane, they desecrate, they defile
- ΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΤΑΙ — is profaned, is defiled, is desecrated
- ΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΤΕ — you profane, you defile, you desecrate
- ΒΕΒΗΛΟΩ — to profane, to defile, to desecrate
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩ — to profane, to defile, to desecrate
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΘΕΝ — profaned, defiled, desecrated, polluted
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΘΕΝΤΑ — having been defiled, having been profaned, having been polluted
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΘΗ — to be profaned, to be defiled, to be desecrated, to be polluted
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΘΗΝΑΙ — to be profaned, to be defiled, to be polluted, to be made common
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be defiled, will be profaned, will be polluted
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΜΕΝΗΝ — defiled, profaned, polluted, a defiled (one), a profaned (one)
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΜΕΝΟΝ — defiled, profaned, unhallowed, a defiled thing, that which is defiled
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΜΕΝΟΥ — of having been defiled, of having been profaned, of having been polluted
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΜΕΝ‾Η‾ — defiled, profaned, polluted, unholy, desecrated
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΝΤΑΙ — have been profaned, have been defiled, have been polluted
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΑΙ — to profane, to defile, to desecrate
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΕ — he profaned, he defiled, he desecrated
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΕΙΣ — you will profane, you will defile, you will desecrate
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΕΤΑΙ — will be profaned, will be defiled, will be polluted
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΕΤΕ — you will profane, you will defile, you will desecrate
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΕΩΣ — of profanation, of defilement, of desecration
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΗ — defilement, profanation, a defilement, a profanation
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΟΥΣΙ — they will profane, they will defile, they will pollute
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will profane, they will defile, they will pollute
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΩ — I will profane, I will defile, I will desecrate
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΩΣΙ — they will profane, they will defile, they will pollute
- ΒΕΒΗΛΩΤΑΙ — it has been defiled, it has been profaned
- ΒΗΛΟΥ — to profane, to defile, to desecrate, to pollute
- ἘΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΜΗΝ — I was profaning, I was defiling, I was desecrating, I was being profaned, I was being defiled, I was being desecrated
- ἘΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΝ — they were profaning, they were defiling, they were desecrating, they used to profane, they used to defile, they used to desecrate
- ἘΒΕΒΗΛΟΥΣΑΝ — they were profaning, they were defiling, they were desecrating, they were polluting
- ἘΒΕΒΗΛΩΘΗ — was profaned, was defiled, was polluted
- ἘΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΑΝ — they profaned, they defiled, they desecrated
- ἘΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΑΣ — you profaned, you defiled, you desecrated
- ἘΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΑΤΕ — you profaned, you defiled, you desecrated
- ἘΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΕΝ — he profaned, he defiled, he polluted
- ΕΒΕΒΗΛΩΘΗ — was profaned, was defiled, was polluted
- ΕΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΑΝ — they profaned, they defiled, they desecrated
- ΕΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΑΣ — you have profaned, you profaned, you did profane
- ΕΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΑΤΕ — you profaned, you have profaned, you did profane, you defiled, you have defiled, you did defile
- ΕΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΕΝ — he profaned, he defiled, he desecrated
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