Ungodly
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors
un-god'-li (rasha` (Ps 1:1), "wicked," beliya`al (2Sa 22:5), "worthless"; in the New Testament asebes (Ro 5:6), e.g. indicating that the persons so called are both irreverent and impious): Trench says that the idea of active opposition to religion is involved in the word, that it is a deliberate withholding from God of His dues of prayer and of service; a standing, so to speak, in battle array against God and His claims to respect, reverence and obedience. Those whose sins are particularly aggravating and deserving of God's wrath are the "ungodly." And yet it is for such that Jesus Christ died (Ro 5:6).
William Evans
In other dictionaries
Read “Godless” in the 8 dictionaries- GodlinessEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- GodlyEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- UngodlinessEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- UngodlyEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- GodlessInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Godliness; GodlyInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- godly, godliness, ungodly, godless, ungodliness, godlessnessTranslation Words
Source of the article
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915