Strong's Lexicon
G810 — ἀσωτία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G810 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀσωτία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4982 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | asotia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as-o-tee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) unsavedness 2. (by implication) profligacy |
| KJV Renderings: | excess, riot |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσωτία, ἀσωτίας, ἡ (the character of an ἄσωτος, i. e. of an abandoned man, one that cannot be saved, from σαόω, σόω equivalent to σῴζω (ἄσωτος, Curtius, § 570); hence, properly, incorrigibleness), an abandoned, dissolute, life; profligacy, prodigality (R. V. riot]: Eph 5:18; Tit 1:6; 1Pe 4:4; (Pro 28:7; 2Ma 6:4. Plato, rep. 8, p. 560 e.; Aristotle, eth. Nic. 4, 1, 5 (3), p. 1120{a}, 3; Polybius 32, 20, 9; 40, 12, 7; cf. Cicero, Tusc. 3, 8; Herodian, 2, 5, 2 (1, Bekker edition), and elsewhere). Cf. Tittmann i., p. 152f; (Trench, § xvi.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀσωτία (excess)
Ephesians 5:18
- KJV: And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit
- GK: και μη μεθύσκεσθε οίνω εν ω εστιν ασωτία αλλά πληρούσθε εν πνεύματι
Titus 1:6
- KJV: If any be blameless the husband of one wife having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly
- GK: ει εστιν ανέγκλητος μιάς γυναικός ανήρ τέκνα έχων πιστά μη εν κατηγορία ασωτίας η ανυπότακτα
1 Peter 4:4
- KJV: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with to the same excess of riot speaking evil of
- GK: εν ω ξενίζονται μη συντρεχόντων υμών εις την αυτήν της ασωτίας ανάχυσιν βλασφημούντες