adjective
asebos
Strong’sG765
impious, ungodly, wicked
stem aseb-10 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books6 of 26 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.
ἀσεβής, -ές
(σέβω, to reverence), [in LXX chiefly for רשׁע;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G765 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(σέβω) ungodly, unholy, profane, sacrilegious, opposed to εὐσεβής, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸν ἀσεβῆ, of Oedipus, Refs 5th c.BC+ against them, Refs 5th c.BC+adverb -βῶς, superlative -έσταταRefs 2nd c.AD+
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | asebos1×ἀσεβὴς | asebas | asebem | asebois2×ἀσεβεῖς | asebais | asebeim |
| object accusative | asebon1×ἀσεβῆ | aseban | aseboin1×ἀσεβεῖς | asebain | ||
| direct address vocative | asebor | asebar | aseboir | asebair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | asebou | asebau | asebeu | aseboiu3×ἀσεβῶν | asebaiu | asebeiu |
| to, for dative | asebo | aseba | asebe | aseboi2×ἀσεβέσιν | asebai | asebei |
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
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.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
asebos“ungodly”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Peter 4:18… ei tos dikaios molis sōzotō, tos asebos kai hamartōlos pou faneti?… saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
asebon“ungodly”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 4:5… pisteuarōnto de epi ton dikaiarōnton ton asebon, logizotō tas pistias autou eis dikaiosunan,… believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
asebois“ungodly”subjectnominative plural2×
Jude 1:4… palai prograforēntois eis houtem tem krimem, asebois, tan tou theou nu charitan metatitharōntois …… have crept in among you unnoticed — ungodly ones who were designated long ago …
Jude 1:15… sklēreiu heiu lalala kata autou hamartōlois asebois.… harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
aseboin“ungodly person”objectaccusative plural1×
Jude 1:15“ungodly person”… kata pantoiu kai elenchara pantoin toin aseboin peri panteiu teiu ergeiu asebeiau autoiu …… execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of …
aseboiu“ungodly”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Romans 5:6… nu asthenoiu ēti kata kairon huper aseboiu apothnēskata.… still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
2 Peter 2:5… Nōe dikaiosunau kērukon fulassata, kataklusmon kosmo aseboiu epagarantos,… He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher …
2 Peter 3:7… eis hēmeran krisiau kai apōleiau toiu aseboiu anthrōpoiu.… day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
aseboi“ungodly”to, fordative plural2×
1 Timothy 1:9… ouk keiotō, anomoi de kai anupotaktoi, aseboi kai hamartōloi, anosioi kai bebēloi, patrolōoi …… the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and …
2 Peter 2:6“(to be) ungodly”… Gomorrau tefrarantos katastrofa katakrinata, hupodeigmem mellarōnteiu aseboi titharēntos,if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what …