763. asebeia
Strong's Lexicon
asebeia: Ungodliness, impiety, wickedness

Original Word: ἀσέβεια
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: asebeia
Pronunciation: ah-seb'-i-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (as-eb'-i-ah)
Definition: Ungodliness, impiety, wickedness
Meaning: impiety, irreverence, ungodliness, wickedness.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word ἀσεβής (asebēs), meaning "impious" or "ungodly."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "asebeia" is רֶשַׁע (resha, Strong's H7562), which means wickedness or unrighteousness.

Usage: The term "asebeia" refers to a state of irreverence or lack of respect towards God and divine things. It denotes a lifestyle or behavior that is contrary to the reverence and worship due to God. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe the moral and spiritual condition of those who live in opposition to God's will and commandments.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, religious piety was an important aspect of social and civic life. The concept of "asebeia" would have been understood as a serious offense, not only against the gods but also against the social order. In the Jewish context, ungodliness was seen as a violation of the covenant relationship with Yahweh, leading to moral decay and divine judgment.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 763 asébeia – properly, a lack of respect, showing itself in bold irreverence – i.e. refusing to give honor where honor is due. See 765 (asebēs).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from asebés
Definition
ungodliness, impiety
NASB Translation
ungodliness (4), ungodly (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 763: ἀσέβεια

ἀσέβεια, ἀσεβείας, (ἀσεβής, which see), want of reverence toward God, impiety, ungodliness: Romans 1:18; 2 Timothy 2:16; Titus 2:12; plural ungodly thoughts and deeds, Romans 11:26 (from Isaiah 59:20); τά ἔργα ἀσεβείας (Treg. brackets ἀσεβείας), works of ungodliness, a Hebraism, Jude 1:15, cf. Winers Grammar, § 34, 3 b.; (Buttmann, § 132, 10); αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῶν ἀσεβειῶν their desires to do ungodly deeds, Jude 1:18. (In Greek writings from (Euripides), Plato, and Xenophon down; in the Sept. it corresponds chiefly to פֶּשַׁע .)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ungodly, ungodliness.

From asebes; impiety, i.e. (by implication) wickedness -- ungodly(-liness).

see GREEK asebes

Forms and Transliterations
ασεβεία ασέβεια ασέβειά ασέβειαι ασεβείαις ασεβειαν ασέβειαν ασέβειάν ἀσέβειαν ασεβειας ασεβείας ἀσεβείας ασεβειων ασεβειών ἀσεβειῶν asebeian asébeian asebeias asebeías asebeion asebeiôn asebeiōn asebeiō̂n
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Englishman's Concordance
Romans 1:18 N-AFS
GRK: ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ἀσέβειαν καὶ ἀδικίαν
NAS: all ungodliness and unrighteousness
KJV: all ungodliness and
INT: upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness

Romans 11:26 N-AFP
GRK: ῥυόμενος ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ Ἰακώβ
NAS: HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.
KJV: shall turn away ungodliness from
INT: deliverer he will remove ungodliness from Jacob

2 Timothy 2:16 N-GFS
GRK: γὰρ προκόψουσιν ἀσεβείας
NAS: to further ungodliness,
KJV: unto more ungodliness.
INT: indeed they will advance of ungodliness

Titus 2:12 N-AFS
GRK: ἀρνησάμενοι τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὰς
NAS: us to deny ungodliness and worldly
KJV: that, denying ungodliness and worldly
INT: having denied the ungodliness and the

Jude 1:15 N-GFS
GRK: τῶν ἔργων ἀσεβείας αὐτῶν ὧν
NAS: of all their ungodly deeds
KJV: all their ungodly deeds which
INT: the works of ungodliness of them which

Jude 1:18 N-GFP
GRK: πορευόμενοι τῶν ἀσεβειῶν
NAS: after their own ungodly lusts.
KJV: after their own ungodly lusts.
INT: walking of ungodlinesses

Strong's Greek 763
6 Occurrences


ἀσέβειαν — 2 Occ.
ἀσεβείας — 3 Occ.
ἀσεβειῶν — 1 Occ.















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