Greek adjective · G765
ἀσεβής
asebesas-eb-ace'
ungodly
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: asebḗs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G765is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G765
irreverent, i.e. (by extension) impious or wicked
The King James renders it: ungodly (man).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
asebes is rendered "ungodly". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Peter, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 4:5However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
Romans 4:5ἀσεβῆ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in 2 Peter.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- ungodly6
- of ungodly2
- for ungodly1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀσεβῶν3
- ἀσεβεῖς2
- ἀσεβέσιν2
- ἀσεβῆ1
- ἀσεβὴς1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3A-GPM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2A-DPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2A-NPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1A-ASM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1A-NSM
Romans
two uses
However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
- ἀσεβῆasebeadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: ungodly
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- ἀσεβῶνasebonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: ungodly
1 Timothy
one use
We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
- ἀσεβέσινasebesinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: for ungodly
1 Peter
one use
And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
- ἀσεβὴςasebesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: ungodly
2 Peter
three uses
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
- ἀσεβῶνasebonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of ungodly
if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- ἀσεβέσινasebesinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: ungodly
And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- ἀσεβῶνasebonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of ungodly
Jude
two uses
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.
- ἀσεβεῖςasebeisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: ungodly
to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
- ἀσεβεῖςasebeisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: ungodly
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.