2001 Translation

BEBĒLŌSIN, bebēlōsin

Sounds Like: beh-bee-LOH-sin

Translations: desecration, profanation, a desecration, a profanation

From the root: ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of desecrating or profaning something sacred, making it common or unholy. It is used to describe the defilement of holy places, objects, or practices.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0952 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Leviticus — 21:4
• Judith — 4:12, 8:21

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Leviticus — 21:4
• Judith — 4:12, 8:21
• Amos — 2:7

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΙΣ.

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.

• ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΕΙ — (to) defilement, (to) profanation, a defilement, a profanation
• ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΙ — defilement, profanation, pollution, an act of defiling, (to) defilement, (to) profanation, (to) pollution
• ΒΕΒΗΛΩΣΙΣ — profanation, defilement, desecration

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