 To avoid or refuse, he said reject, avoided or refused profane and old wives' fables. What does the word profane mean? Well, it's an interesting Greek word. It's babylos. Babylos, B-A-B-Y-L-O-S, I pronounce it, babylos. And this word, babylos, refers to all relationships or like-mindedness with things that are not related to God, profane things.