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ἀσέλγεια

aselgeiadebaucheryHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine10 occurrences8 books10 verses

Definition

ἀσέλγεια, -ας, ἡ

(ἀσελγής, licentious; see MM, see word), [in LXX: Wis.14.26, 3Ma.2.26 * ;]

licentiousness, wantonness, excess: Mark 7:22, Romans 13:13, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:19 (Lft., in l), Ephesians 4:19, 1 Peter 4:3, 2 Peter 2:2; 2:7; 2:18, Jude 4.

Synonyms: ἀσωτία, profligacy, prodigality (see Tr., Syn., § xvi; DB, iii, 46).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

10 total
  1. Mark 7:22ἀσέλγεια · debauchery
    …greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
  2. Romans 13:13ἀσελγείαις · debauchery
    Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
  3. 2 Corinthians 12:21ἀσελγείᾳ · debauchery
    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.
  4. Galatians 5:19ἀσέλγεια · [and] debauchery
    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
  5. Ephesians 4:19ἀσελγείᾳ · sensuality
    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.
  6. 1 Peter 4:3ἀσελγείαις · debauchery
    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.
  7. 2 Peter 2:2ἀσελγείαις · depravity
    Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
  8. 2 Peter 2:7ἀσελγείᾳ · depraved
    …and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
  9. 2 Peter 2:18ἀσελγείαις · [to the] sensual
    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.
  10. Jude 1:4ἀσέλγειαν · a license for immorality
    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.