ἀσέλγεια aselgeia

Greek word for “debauchery” · Strong’s G766 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ἀσέλγεια, -ας, ἡ; (ἀσελγής, licentious;

How it is translated

Glosses given for aselgeia in context, with how often each is used:

• sensuality 10

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Peter 2 (3), Mark 7 (1), Romans 13 (1), 2 Corinthians 12 (1), Galatians 5 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), 1 Peter 4 (1), Jude 1 (1)

Forms

• ἀσελγείαις 4
• ἀσελγείᾳ 3
• ἀσέλγεια 2
• ἀσέλγειαν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with aselgeia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀκαθαρσία akatharsia “impurity” 3
• κῶμος kōmos “orgy” 2
• πλεονεξία pleonexia “greediness” 2
• πορνεία porneia “sexual sin” 2
• ἐπιθυμία epithumia “desire” 2
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 2
• ὅστις hostis, hētis “who/which” 2
• πολύς polus “much” 2

Key verses

The verses using aselgeia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 7:22 — Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
• Romans 13:13 — Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
• 2 Corinthians 12:21 — And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness…
• Galatians 5:19 — Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
• Ephesians 4:19 — Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
• 1 Peter 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,…
• 2 Peter 2:2 — And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
• 2 Peter 2:7 — And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
• 2 Peter 2:18 — For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from…
• Jude 1:4 — For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.