Know the Word.

Greek word

mŷthos

μῦθος

What it means

a tale, i.e. fiction

a tale, i.e. fiction ("myth")

Where it comes from

perhaps from the same as myéō (μυέω) (through the idea of tuition)

How the King James translates it

  • fables5

Every place it appears 5

1 Timothy1:44:7
2 Timothy4:4
Titus1:14
2 Peter1:16
mŷthos — Greek word meaning “a tale, i.e. fiction”