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.†

SYN.. λόγος, q.v (AS)

speech; conversation; a story; narrative; a myth; fable; fiction