Strong's Lexicon
G763 — ἀσέβεια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G763 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀσέβεια |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G765 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | asebeia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as-eb'-ei-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. irreverence 2. (by implication) wickedness |
| KJV Renderings: | ungodly(-liness) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσέβεια, ἀσεβείας, ἡ (ἀσεβής, which see), want of reverence toward God, impiety, ungodliness: Rom 1:18; 2Ti 2:16; Tit 2:12; plural ungodly thoughts and deeds, Rom 11:26 (from Isa 59:20); τά ἔργα ἀσεβείας (Treg. brackets ἀσεβείας), works of ungodliness, a Hebraism, Jud 1:15, cf. Winers Grammar, § 34, 3 b.; (Buttmann, § 132, 10); αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῶν ἀσεβειῶν their desires to do ungodly deeds, Jud 1:18. (In Greek writings from (Euripides), Plato, and Xenophon down; in the Sept. it corresponds chiefly to ôÆÌùÇÑò .)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀσέβεια (ungodly(-liness))
Romans 1:18
- KJV: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness
- GK: αποκαλύπτεται γαρ οργή θεού απ΄ ουρανού επί πάσαν ασέβειαν και αδικίαν ανθρώπων των την αλήθειαν εν αδικία κατεχόντων
Romans 11:26
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και ούτω πας Ισραήλ σωθήσεται καθώς γέγραπται ήξει εκ Σιών ο ρυόμενος και αποστρέψει ασεβείας από Ιακώβ
2 Timothy 2:16
- KJV: But shun profane vain babblings for they will increase unto more ungodliness
- GK: τας δε βεβήλους κενοφωνίας περιϊστασο επί πλείον γαρ προκόψουσιν ασεβείας
Titus 2:12
- KJV: Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world
- GK: παιδεύουσα ημάς ίνα αρνησάμενοι την ασέβειαν και τας κοσμικάς επιθυμίας σωφρόνως και δικαίως και ευσεβώς ζήσωμεν εν τω νυν αιώνι
Jude 1:15
- KJV: To 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 which ungodly sinners have spoken against him
- GK: ποιήσαι κρίσιν κατά πάντων και ελέγξαι πάντας τους ασεβείς αυτών περί πάντων των έργων ασεβείας αυτών ων ησέβησαν και περί πάντων των σκληρών ων ελάλησαν κατ΄ αυτού αμαρτωλοί ασεβείς
Jude 1:18
- KJV: How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time who should walk after their own ungodly lusts
- GK: ότι έλεγον υμίν ότι εν εσχάτω χρόνω έσονται εμπαίκται κατά τας εαυτών επιθυμίας πορευομενοι των ασεβειών
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