Word Summary
asōtia: unsavedness, wastefulness
Original Word: ἀσωτίαTransliteration: asōtia
Phonetic Spelling: (as-o-tee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: unsavedness, wastefulness
Meaning: unsavedness, wastefulness
Strong's Concordance
excess, debauchery
From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of sozo; properly, unsavedness, i.e. (by implication) profligacy -- excess, riot.
see GREEK a
see GREEK sozo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 810: ἀσωτίαἀσωτία,
ἀσωτίας,
ἡ (the character of an
ἄσωτος, i. e. of an abandoned man, one that cannot be saved, from
σαόω,
σόω equivalent to
σῴζω (
ἄσωτος,
Curtius, § 570); hence, properly,
incorrigibleness),
an abandoned, dissolute, life; profligacy, prodigality (
R. V. riot]:
Ephesians 5:18;
Titus 1:6;
1 Peter 4:4; (
Proverbs 28:7; 2 Macc. 6:4.
Plato, rep. 8, p. 560 e.;
Aristotle, eth. Nic. 4, 1, 5 (3), p. 1120{a}, 3;
Polybius 32, 20, 9; 40, 12, 7; cf.
Cicero, Tusc. 3, 8;
Herodian, 2, 5, 2 (1, Bekker edition), and elsewhere). Cf. Tittmann i., p. 152f; (
Trench, § xvi.).