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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - μῦθος
μῦθος
G3454
Transliteration: mŷthos
Pronunciation: moo'-thos
Definition: fable
- Original: μῦθος - Transliteration: Muthos - Phonetic: moo'-thos
- Definition:
1. a speech, word, saying
2. a narrative, story
a. a true narrative
b. a fiction, a fable
1. an invention, a falsehood
- Origin: perhaps from the same as G3453" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3453 (through the idea of tuition) - TDNT entry: 16:42,6 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Perhaps from the same as G3453" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3453 (through the idea of tuition); a tale that is fiction (myth): - fable.