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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #765 - ἀσεβής

Transliteration

asebḗs

Phonetics

as-eb-ace'

Origin

from (G1) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of (G4576)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TDNT

7:185,1010

Definition

Thayer's

destitute of reverential awe towards God, condemning God, impious

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 191 ‑ אֱוִיל (ev‑eel'); 205 ‑ אָוֶן (aw'‑ven); 1121 ‑ בֵּן (bane); 1800 ‑ דַּל (dal); 2114 ‑ זוּר (zoor); 2398 ‑ חָטָא (khaw‑taw'); 2400 ‑ חַטָּא (khat‑taw'); 2555 ‑ חָמָס (khaw‑mawce'); 2611 ‑ חָנֵף (khaw‑nafe'); 3685 ‑ כְּסִיל (kes‑eel'); 4775 ‑ מָרַד (maw‑rad'); 5947 ‑ עַלִּיז (al‑leez'); 6586 ‑ פָּשַׁע (paw‑shah'); 7489 ‑ רָעַע (raw‑ah'); 7561 ‑ רָשַׁע (raw‑shah'); 7843 ‑ שָׁחַת (shaw‑khath');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (9)

Romans

1 Timothy

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

NAS (10)

Romans

1 Timothy

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

HCS (9)

Romans

1 Timothy

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

BSB (10)

Romans

1 Timothy

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

ESV (5)

Romans

1 Timothy

1 Peter

2 Peter

WEB (9)

Romans

1 Timothy

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀσεβ-ής, ές, (σέβω)

ungodly, unholy, profane, sacrilegious, opp. εὐσεβής, Pi. Fr. 132.1, A. Supp. 9 (anap.); τὸν ἀσεβῆ, of Oedipus, S. OT 1382, 1441; σκοπῶν τί ἀ. X. Mem. 1.1.16: c. gen., θεῶν ἀσεβής against them, Paus. 4.8.1; ἀσεβέστεροι περὶ θεούς X. Cyr. 8.8.27; πρὸς ἀλλοτρίους J. BJ 5.10.5. Adv. -βῶς, Sup. -έστατα D.C. 79.9.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀσεβής , -ές

(σέβω , to reverence),

[in LXX chiefly for H7561;]

ungodly, impious: Romans 4:5; Romans 5:6, 1 Timothy 1:9, 1 Peter 4:18, 2 Peter 2:5-6; 2 Peter 3:7, Judges 1:4; Judges 1:15.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀσεβής is found in P Tor I. 1iii. 8 (B.C. 116)(= Chrest II. p. 33) τὴν γεγενημένην μοι καταφθορὰν ὑπὸ ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων , and in the magical P Lond 121.604 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 103). It occurs also in Syll 789.52 (iv/B.C.) ὅπ ]ως ἂ [ν ] . . . μ [ηδ ]ὲν ἀσεβὲς γένηται , and twice in OGIS 90.23, .26 (Rosetta stone, B.C. 196) τοῖς ἐπισυναχθεῖσιν εἰς αὐτὴν ἀσεβέσιν . . . τοὺς ἐν αὐτῆι ἀσεβεῖς πάντας διέφθειρεν of those who had created sedition, involving the majesty of the θεός on the throne, as Dittenberger explains. Several exx. of the adjective in Josephus are put together by Schmidt Ios. p. 357. For the adverb, see P Oxy II. 237vi. 13 (A.D. 186) ἀσεβῶς καὶ παρανόμως .

List of Word Forms

ασεβεί ασεβεις ασεβείς ἀσεβεῖς ασεβεσι ασεβέσι ἀσεβέσι ασεβεσιν ασεβέσιν ἀσεβέσιν ασεβέστατος ασεβη ασεβή ἀσεβῆ ασεβης ασεβής ἀσεβὴς ασεβούς ασεβων ασεβών ἀσεβῶν ψυχὴν asebe asebê asebē asebē̂ asebeis asebeîs asebes asebēs asebḕs asebesi asebési asebesin asebésin asebon asebôn asebōn asebō̂n psuchen psuchēn psychen psychēn psychḕn

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