noun · feminine

asōtias

Greekἀσωτία (asōtia)

Strong’sG810

wantonness, profligacy

stem asōti-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

dissipation2×debauchery1×

What it means

ἀσωτία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἀ- neg., σώζω), [in LXX: Pr 28:7 (זלל), II Mac 6:4*;]

prodigality, wastefulness, profligacy: Eph 5:18, Tit 1:6, I Pe 4:4 (MM, s.v.).†

SYN.: ἀσέλγεια, q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G810 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidas-o-tee'-ah

properly, unsavedness, i.e. (by implication) profligacy

Fromfrom a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4982;

King Jamesexcess, riot.

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	asōtias1×ἀσωτία	asōtiais
object accusative	asōtian	asōtiain
direct address vocative	asōtiar	asōtiair
of, belonging to genitive	asōtiau2×ἀσωτίας	asōtiaiu
to, for dative	asōtia	asōtiai

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

asōtistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

asōtia 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

asōtias“debauchery”subjectnominative singular1×

Ephesians 5:18“debauchery”kai mē methuskivōr oino, en ho atō asōtias, alla plērivōr en pneume,Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

asōtiau“dissipation”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Titus 1:6“dissipation”ei tinos atō anenklētos, henau gunaikau anēros, tekneim echarōtos pisteim, mē en katēgoria asōtiau ē anupotakteim.An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

1 Peter 4:4“dissipation”en he xenizilō mē suntrecharōtoiu vu eis tan autan tau asōtiau anachusian, blasfēmarōtois;Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.