noun · feminine
aselgeias
Greekἀσέλγεια (aselgeia)
Strong’sG766
wantonness, lewdness
stem aselgei-10 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** 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.
Every form
| 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
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”fanereim de atō teim ergeim tau sarxau, 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”pareisduala gar tinois anthrōpois, tois palai prografirētois eis houtem tem krimem, asebois, tan tou theou nu charian metatitharōtois eis aselgeian kai ton monon despoton kai kurion nu Iēsun Christon arnerōtois.For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed — ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They 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”mē palin ercharatou mu tapeinateia min tos theos mu pros vin, kai penthameia polloin toiu proamartanarētoiu kai mē metanoaratoiu epi ta akatharsia kai porneia kai aselgeia ha prassala.I 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 4:19“sensuality”hotinois apalgarētois heautoin paradōala ta aselgeia eis ergasian akatharsiau pantau en pleonexia.Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.
2 Peter 2:7“filthy”kai dikaion Lōt kataponirōton hupo tau toiu athesmoiu en aselgeia anastrofau ruetaand if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
aselgeiai“licentious”to, fordative plural4×
Romans 13:13“licentiousness”hōs en hēmera euschēmonōs peripataneia, mē kōmoi kai methai, mē koitai kai aselgeiai, mē era kai zēlo,Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
1 Peter 4:3“licentiousness”arketos gar tos parercharētos chronos tem boulēmem teiu ethneiu katergazerē, poreuerētoin en aselgeiai, epithumiai, oinoflugiai, kōmoi, potoi, kai athemitai eidōlolatriai.For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same 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 blasfēmiti;Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
2 Peter 2:18“licentious”huperonkeim gar mataiotau fthengerōtois deleazalō en epithumiai sarxau aselgeiai toin oligōs apofeugarōtoin toin en plana anastrefirōtoin,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.