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GreekG0766Noun (Feminine)

ἀσέλγεια

aselgeia

10Occurrences
G0766Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)

from a compound of G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a presumed (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
licentiousness, wantonness, excess: .
Synonyms
ἀσωτία, profligacy, prodigality (see Tr., Syn., § xvi; DB, iii, 46).
LXX: *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀσέλγεια appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Peter
3
1 Peter
1
2 Corinthians
1
Ephesians
1
Galatians
1
Jude
1
Mark
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 4:3BSB

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 2:2BSB

Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

2 Peter 2:18BSB

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.

Galatians 5:19BSB

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

Mark 7:22BSB

greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.