noun · feminine
aselgeias
Strong’sG766
wantonness, lewdness
stem aselgei-10 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books4 of 10 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.
** ἀσέλγεια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἀσελγής, licentious; v. MM, s.v.), [in LXX: Wi 14:26, III Mac 2:26*;]
SYN.: ἀσωτία, profligacy, prodigality (v. Tr., Syn., § xvi; DB, iii, 46).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G766 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidas-elg'-i-a
licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)
Fromfrom a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed σελγής (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent);
King Jamesfilthy, lasciviousness, wantonness.
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
licentiousness, wanton violence, Refs 5th c.BC+; insolence, opposed to κολακεία, Refs 4th c.BC+
II licentiousness, περὶ τὰς σωματικὰς ἐπιθυμίαςRefs 2nd 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 | aselgeias2×ἀσέλγεια | aselgeiais |
| object accusative | aselgeian1×ἀσέλγειαν | aselgeiain |
| direct address vocative | aselgeiar | aselgeiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aselgeiau | aselgeiaiu |
| to, for dative | aselgeia3×ἀσελγείᾳ | aselgeiai4×ἀσελγείαις |
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
aselgeia 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.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
aselgeias“licentiousness”subjectnominative singular2×
Mark 7:22“licentiousness”moicheiais, pleonexiais, ponēriais, dolos, aselgeias, ofthalmos ponēros, blasfēmias, huperēfanias, afrosunas;greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
Galatians 5:19“licentiousness”… tau sarkau, hotineim atō porneias, akatharsias, aselgeias,The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
aselgeian“licentiousness”objectaccusative singular1×
Jude 1:4“licentiousness”… tou theou nu charitan metatitharōntois eis aselgeian kai ton monon despoton kai kurion …… turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
aselgeia“sensuality”to, fordative singular3×
2 Corinthians 12:21“sensuality”… epi ta akatharsia kai porneia kai aselgeia ha prassala.… am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
Ephesians 4:19hotinois apalgarēntois heautoin paradōala ta aselgeia eis ergasian akatharsiau pantau en pleonexia.… they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind …
2 Peter 2:7“filthy”… kataponorōnton hupo tau toiu athesmoiu en aselgeia anastrofau rueta… if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
aselgeiai“licentious”to, fordative plural4×
Romans 13:13“licentiousness”… kōmoi kai methai, mē koitai kai aselgeiai, mē erida kai zēlo,… not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
1 Peter 4:3“licentiousness”… boulēmem teiu ethneiu katergazorē, poreuorēntoin en aselgeiai, epithumiai, oinoflugiai, kōmoi, potoi, kai athemitai …… desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
2 Peter 2:2“licentious”kai pollois exakolouthali autoiu tai aselgeiai, dia hoin tas hodas tau alētheiau …Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be …
2 Peter 2:18“licentious”… mataiotau fthengorōntois deleazalō en epithumiai sarkau aselgeiai toin oligōs apofugarōntoin toin en plana …With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.