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Strong's #764 - ἀσεβέω

Transliteration
asebéō
Phonetics
as-eb-eh'-o
Origin
from (G765)
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
7:185,1010
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to be ungodly, act impiously
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2102 ‑ זוּד (zood, zeed);  2154 ‑ זַמָּה (zim‑maw', zam‑maw');  2554 ‑ חָמַס (khaw‑mas');  4784 ‑ מָרָה (maw‑raw');  5753 ‑ עָוָה (aw‑vaw');  6231 ‑ עָשַׁק (aw‑shak');  6586 ‑ פָּשַׁע (paw‑shah');  7561 ‑ רָשַׁע (raw‑shah');  8398 ‑ בֵּבֵל (tay‑bale');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (2)
2 Peter 1
Jude 1
NAS (5)
2 Peter 2
Jude 3
HCS (1)
Jude 1
BSB (1)
Jude 1
WEB (0)
WEB (2)
2 Peter 1
Jude 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀσεβ-έω,

1. to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege, Hdt. 1.159; opp. ἀδικέω, Ar. Th. 367; ἀ. ἐς τὸν νηόν Hdt. 8.129, cf. E. Ba. 490, Antipho 5.93; περὶ τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, Hdt. 2.139, Antipho 4.1.2, cf. X. Revelation 22:1-21, etc.; πρὸς τὰ θεῖα Id. Cyn. 13.16: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. ἀσέβημα Pl. Lg. 910e; ἀγγελίας καὶ ἐπιτάξεις παρὰ νόμον ἀ. ib. 941a; περὶ οὗ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἀσεβῶν ἕαλωκε D. 21.227.

2. c. acc. pers., sin against, ἢ θεὸν ἢ ξένον τιν' ἀσεβῶν A. Eu. 271 (lyr.); ἀ. θεούς D.S. 1.77, Plu. 2.291c; τὸ ἱαρὸν IG 7.2418 (Thebes, iv B. C.); τὸν Καίσαρα POxy. 1612.23 (iii A. D.): Pass., ἀσεβοῦνται οι[] θεοί Lys. 2.7; ἠσεβῆσθαι πρός τινος D.C. 57.9; of households, to be affected with the consequences of sin, ὅταν τις ἀσεβηθῇ τῶν οἴκων Pl. Lg. 877e.

3. Pass. also of the act, ἐμοὶ ἠσέβηται οὐδὲν περί τινος And. 1.10; τὰ ἠσεβημένα Lys. 6.6.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀσεβέω, ἀσεβω; 1 aorist ἠσέβησα; (ἀσεβής, which see); from (Aeschylus), Xenophon, and Plato down; to be ungodly, act impiously: 2 Peter 2:6; ἀσεβεῖν ἔργα ἀσεβείας (Treg. brackets ἀσεβείας) Jude 1:15, cf. Winers Grammar, 222 (209); (Buttmann, 149 (130)). (Equivalent to פָּשַׁע , Zephaniah 3:11; רָשַׁע , Daniel 9:5.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀσεβέω , -

(< ἀσεβής ),

[in LXX for H6586, H7561;]

to be ungodly, act profanely: 2 Peter 2:6; c. cogn. acc (MM, s.v.), Judges 1:15.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

OGIS 765.10 (iii/B.C.) τὸ θεῖον ἠσέβουγ , with external accus., as in Aeschylus Eum. 270 : the more regular construction occurs a few lines further down—εἰς τὸ θεῖον ἀσ [ε ]βοῦντα [ς ]. So Syll 190.4 (see above) τ ]οὺς ἀσεβήσαντας εἰς τὸ ἱερόγ , al. A iv/B.C. inscription in Boeotian dialect, Syll 120.3 π ]οττὼς ἀσεβίοντας τὸ ἱαρό [ν ] may be added for the accus. construction, also a late inscription from Lyttus, Syll 889.2 τῷ ἀσεβήσαντι τοὺς δαίμονας . The internal accus. appears in Syll 887 ἀσεβήσ (ει ) τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεούς , as in Judges 1:15, the only NT occurrence of the verb (according to WH).

 

 


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List of Word Forms
ασεβείν ασεβείτε ασέβημά ασεβήματα ασεβήματά ασεβήσαι ασεβήσας ασεβήσει ασεβήση ασεβήσης ασεβούσιν ασεβών ησέβησα ησεβήσαμεν ησεβησαν ησέβησαν ἠσέβησαν ησέβησας ησεβήσατε ησέβουν esebesan esébesan ēsebēsan ēsébēsan
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