Word Summary
asebēs: ungodly, impious
Original Word: ἀσεβήςTransliteration: asebēs
Phonetic Spelling: (as-eb-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: ungodly, impious
Meaning: ungodly, impious
Strong's Concordance
ungodly man.
From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of sebomai; irreverent, i.e. (by extension) impious or wicked -- ungodly (man).
see GREEK a
see GREEK sebomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 765: ἀσεβήςἀσεβής,
ἐς (
σέβω to reverence); from
Aeschylus and
Thucydides down, the
Sept. for
רָשָׁע ;
destitute of reverential awe toward God, contemning God, impious:
Romans 4:5;
Romans 5:6;
1 Timothy 1:9 (joined here with
ἁμαρτωλός, as in
1 Peter 4:18);
2 Peter 2:5;
2 Peter 3:7;
Jude 1:4, 15.