Dictionary entry

G00952

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

βέβηλος

Etym. βηλός, with βε- as a redupl.

I. "allowable to be trodden, permitted to human use", Lat. profanus, Soph., Eur.; ἐν βεβήλωι Thuc.

II. of persons, "unhallowed, impure", id=Thuc., Plat.: c. gen. "uninitiated in" rites, Anth.