noun · feminine
asebeias
Strong’sG763
impiety, irreverence, wickedness
stem asebei-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Ungodliness or impiety — a lack of reverence toward God, wickedness that consists in disregard for the divine 1234. It is used of ungodly conduct or deeds in general 1, and can describe both the attitude itself and the desires or acts that flow from it, such as "ungodly deeds" or "desires for ungodly things" 1. In this sense it stands opposite to wrongdoing done against other people, being specifically irreverence toward God rather than injustice toward humans 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἀσέβεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἀσεβής), [in LXX for פֶּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G763 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidas-eb'-i-ah
impiety, i.e. (by implication) wickedness
Fromfrom G765;
King Jamesungodly(-liness).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ungodliness, impiety, opposed to ἀδικία, διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων περὶ μὲν θεοὺς ἀ. περὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἀδικίανLXX+5th c.BC+: at Rome, disloyalty to the Emperor (as θεός), Refs 2nd c.AD+; of Christianity, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | asebeias | asebeiais |
| object accusative | asebeian2×ἀσέβειαν | asebeiain1×ἀσεβείας |
| direct address vocative | asebeiar | asebeiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | asebeiau2×ἀσεβείας | asebeiaiu1×ἀσεβειῶν |
| to, for dative | asebeia | asebeiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
asebeia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
asebeian“ungodliness”objectaccusative singular2×
Romans 1:18“ungodliness”… orgas theou apo ouranou epi pantan asebeian kai adikian anthrōpoiu toiu tan alētheian …The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their …
Titus 2:12paideuarōntas nin, hina arnerantois tan asebeian kai tain kosmikain epithumiain sōfronōs kai …It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live …
asebeiau“ungodly”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
2 Timothy 2:16… kenofōniain peristēosōr; epi polloterem gar prokoptali asebeiau,… which will only lead to more ungodliness,
Jude 1:15… toin aseboin peri panteiu teiu ergeiu asebeiau autoiu heiu asebala kai peri panteiu …… convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh …
asebeiain“ungodliness”objectaccusative plural1×
Romans 11:26“ungodliness”… Hēkati ek Siōn tos ruorōntos, apostrefati asebeiain apo Iakōb.… is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
asebeiaiu“ungodly”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Jude 1:18… kata tain heautoiu epithumiain poreuorōntois taiu asebeiaiu.… who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”