Strong's Lexicon
G764
G764 — ἀσεβέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G764 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀσεβέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G765 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | asebeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as-eb-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be irreverent 2. (by implication) to be wicked |
| KJV Renderings: | commit (live, that after should live) ungodly |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσεβέω, ἀσεβω; 1 aorist ἠσέβησα; (ἀσεβής, which see); from (Aeschylus), Xenophon, and Plato down; to be ungodly, act impiously: 2Pe 2:6; ἀσεβεῖν ἔργα ἀσεβείας (Treg. brackets ἀσεβείας) Jud 1:15, cf. Winers Grammar, 222 (209); (Buttmann, 149 (130)). (Equivalent to ôÈÌùÇÑò , Zep 3:11; רָשַׁע , Dan 9:5.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀσεβέω (commit (live)
2 Peter 2:6
- KJV: And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned with an overthrow making an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly
- GK: και πόλεις Σοδόμων και Γομόρρας τεφρώσας καταστροφή κατέκρινεν υπόδειγμα μελλόντων ασεβείν τεθεικώς
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