Word Study · Strong's G766 · Greek

ἀσέλγεια

aselgeia

as-elg'-i-a

Strong's 1890 spelling: asélgeia

“licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)

Rendered in the KJV as

filthy, lasciviousness, wantonness.

10
occurrencesin the New Testament
8 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 10 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

ἀσελγείᾳ3
ἀσελγείαις,3
ἀσέλγεια,2
ἀσελγείαις1
ἀσέλγειαν1

How it is rendered · 5

sensuality,4
sensuality2
to sensuality2
in sensuality,1
of sensuality1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural4
noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3
noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2
noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-DPF · 4
N-DSF · 3
N-NSF · 2
N-ASF · 1

All 10, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Peter3 of 10 · 30%
Mark1 of 10 · 10%
Romans1 of 10 · 10%
2 Corinthians1 of 10 · 10%
Galatians1 of 10 · 10%

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Mark1 occurrence

Mark 7:22ἀσέλγεια,aselgeianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulargreed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.here: sensuality,

Romans1 occurrence

Romans 13:13ἀσελγείαις,aselgeiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralLet us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.here: in sensuality,

2 Corinthians1 occurrence

2 Corinthians 12:21ἀσελγείᾳaselgeianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularI 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.here: of sensuality

Galatians1 occurrence

Galatians 5:19ἀσέλγεια,aselgeianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThe acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;here: sensuality,

Ephesians1 occurrence

Ephesians 4:19ἀσελγείᾳaselgeianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularHaving 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.here: to sensuality

1 Peter1 occurrence

1 Peter 4:3ἀσελγείαις,aselgeiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralFor 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.here: sensuality,

2 Peter3 occurrences

Jude1 occurrence

Jude 1:4ἀσέλγειανaselgeiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularFor 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.here: sensuality

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