Strong G763ἀσέβεια
ungodlinessness
- Transliteration
- asebeia
- Pronunciation
- as-eb'-i-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G765; impiety that is (by implication) wickedness: - ungodly (-liness).
Detailed definition
ἀσέβεια, -ας, ἡ
(ἀσεβής), [in LXX for פֶּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc.;]
ungodliness, impiety: Rom.1:18 11:26, 2Ti.2:16, Tit.2:12; ἔργα ἀσεβείας, ungodly deeds, Ju 15; ἐπιθυηίαι τ. ἀσεβειῶν, desires for ungodly things or deeds, Ju 18 (DB, iv, 532; Cremer, 523; MM, see word).†
(AS)
(ἀσεβής), [in LXX for פֶּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc.;]
ungodliness, impiety: Rom.1:18 11:26, 2Ti.2:16, Tit.2:12; ἔργα ἀσεβείας, ungodly deeds, Ju 15; ἐπιθυηίαι τ. ἀσεβειῶν, desires for ungodly things or deeds, Ju 18 (DB, iv, 532; Cremer, 523; MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G763 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ungodliness4
- ungodly2
First verses
- Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
- Romans 11:26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
- 2 Timothy 2:16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
- Titus 2:12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
- Jude 1:15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
- Jude 1:18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσέβ-εια, ἡ,
ungodliness, impiety, opposed to ἀδικία, διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων περὶ μὲν θεοὺς ἀ. περὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἀδικίαν[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.7; ἀ. εἰς τοὺς θεούς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.88, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 615c, etc.; also ἀ. ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ LXX.2Ki.22.22; ἀ. ἀσκεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 476; δίκη ἀσεβείας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.11; ἀσεβείας γράφεσθαί τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5c)]: at Rome, disloyalty to the Emperor (as θεός), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.9)]; of Christianity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 68.1: in _plural_, ἀσέβειαι ἀνθρώποις ἐμπίπτουσι νέοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 890a.)]
ungodliness, impiety, opposed to ἀδικία, διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων περὶ μὲν θεοὺς ἀ. περὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἀδικίαν[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.7; ἀ. εἰς τοὺς θεούς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.88, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 615c, etc.; also ἀ. ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ LXX.2Ki.22.22; ἀ. ἀσκεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 476; δίκη ἀσεβείας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.11; ἀσεβείας γράφεσθαί τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5c)]: at Rome, disloyalty to the Emperor (as θεός), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.9)]; of Christianity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 68.1: in _plural_, ἀσέβειαι ἀνθρώποις ἐμπίπτουσι νέοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 890a.)]