# G953 βεβηλόω

βεβηλόω (bebēlóō), Strong’s G953: to desecrate KJV: profane. Occurs 82 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G953 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*bebēlóō* — to desecrate

KJV: profane

Derived from [βέβηλος bébēlos](https://besorah.bible/word/G952) (accessible)

Occurs 82 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 12:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=5) — Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
- [Acts 24:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/24?v=6) — He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.
- [Judith 9:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/9?v=2) — “O Lord God of my father Simeon, into whose hand you gave a sword to take vengeance on the strangers who loosened the…
- [Judith 9:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/9?v=8) — Break their strength in your power, and bring down their force in your wrath; for they intend to profane your…
- [Sirach 42:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/42?v=10) — in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house; when she has a husband, lest she…
- [Sirach 47:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/47?v=20) — You blemished your honor, and defiled your offspring, to bring wrath upon your children. I was grieved for your folly,
- [1 Maccabees 1:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/1?v=43) — Many of Israel consented to his worship, sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath.
- [1 Maccabees 1:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/1?v=45) — and should forbid whole burnt offerings and sacrifice and drink offerings in the sanctuary; and should profane the…
- [1 Maccabees 2:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/2?v=12) — Behold, our holy things, our beauty, and our glory are laid waste. The Gentiles have profaned them.
- [1 Maccabees 2:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/2?v=34) — They said, “We won’t come out. We won’t do the word of the king, to profane the Sabbath day.”