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μῦθος, lit. 'a word, a speech.' The English word is not used in the
N.T. in the sense in which it is now often employed, signifying a supposed incident to teach some moral truth; but has the sense rather of myths, false stories (as the Greek word was used by later writers), which in one passage are called "profane and old wives' fables." 1 Tim. 1: 4; 1 Tim. 4: 7; 2 Tim. 4: 4; Titus 1: 14; 2 Peter 1: 16.