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μῦθος

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Gloss: myth

Transliteration: muthos

Strong’s: G3454

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.†
<re>SYN.. λόγος, q.v </re> (AS)

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