verb
asebamō
Strong’sG764
I am impious, irreverent, do impiously
stem aseb-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀσεβέω, -ῶ
(< ἀσεβής), [in LXX for פּשׁע, רשׁע;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G764 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidas-eb-eh'-o
to be (by implied act) impious or wicked
Fromfrom G765;
King Jamescommit (live, that after should live) ungodly.
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
to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἀδικέω, Refs 5th c.BC+; περὶ τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀγγελίας καὶ ἐπιτάξεις παρὰ νόμον ἀ.Refs 4th c.BC+
2 with accusative person, sin against, ἢ θεὸν ἢ ξένον τιν᾽ ἀσεβῶνRefs 4th c.BC+; τὸν ΚαίσαραRefs 3rd c.AD+ —passive, ἀσεβοῦνται οἱ θεοί Refs 5th c.BC+; of households, to be affected with the consequences of sin, ὅταν τις ἀσεβηθῇ τῶν οἴκωνRefs 5th c.BC+
3 passive also of the act, ἐμοὶ ἠσέβηται οὐδὲν περί τινοςRefs 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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| asebalaἠσέβησαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | committed in an ungodly way | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | asebamō | asebame | asebami | asebama | asebamē | asebamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | asebasō | asebase | asebasi | asebasa | asebasē | asebaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | asebatō | asebate | asebati | asebata | asebatē | asebatelē |
| we 1st person plural | asebanō | asebane | asebani | asebana | asebanē | asebanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | asebavō | asebave | asebavi | asebava | asebavē | asebavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | asebalō | asebale | asebali | asebala1×ἠσέβησαν | asebalē | asebalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | asebameiō | asebameia | asebameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | asebaseiō | asebaseia | asebaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | asebateiō | asebateia | asebateiē |
| we 1st person plural | asebaneiō | asebaneia | asebaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | asebaveiō | asebaveia | asebaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | asebaleiō | asebaleia | asebaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | asebasōr | asebasar | asebasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | asebatōr | asebatar | asebatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | asebavōr | asebavar | asebavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | asebalōr | asebalar | asebalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | asebamoiō | asebamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | asebasoiō | asebasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | asebatoiō | asebatoia |
| we 1st person plural | asebanoiō | asebanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | asebavoiō | asebavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | asebaloiō | asebaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | asebarō | asebari | asebara | asebarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | asebarōntos | asebarintos | asebarantos | asebarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
aseb 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
asebala“committed in an ungodly way”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Jude 1:15“committed in an ungodly way”… panteiu teiu ergeiu asebeiau autoiu heiu asebala kai peri panteiu teiu sklēreiu heiu …… to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken …