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Strong's G764 ἀσεβέω (asebeo)

asebeo - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H764 — armoni in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G764
Language Greek
Linked Usages 39
Books 23

Strong's G764 Quick Answer

Strong's G764 ἀσεβέω (asebeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. asebeo (as-eb-eh'-o) v. 1. to be irreverent 2. (by implication) to be wicked It has 39 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include live and ungodly. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
asebeo (as-eb-eh'-o) v. 1. to be irreverent 2. (by implication) to be wicked
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
live and ungodly

Meaning and Definition

asebeo (as-eb-eh'-o) v. 1. to be irreverent 2. (by implication) to be wicked [from G765] KJV: commit (live, that after should live) ungodly Root(s): G765

Original Word
ἀσεβέω
Transliteration
asebeo
Derivation
Root: ἀσεβής R1: 765
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G764. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

be ungodly

Usage: ἀσεβέω, -ῶ (ἀσεβής), [in LXX for פָּשַׁע, רָשַׁע ;] to be ungodly, act profanely: 2Pe.2:6; with cogn. accusative (MM, see word), Ju 15.† (AS)

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How Strong's G764 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render asebeo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

live 2 Peter 2:6 ungodly Jude 1:15

How Strong's G764 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 27 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G764 (ἀσεβέω) appears 37 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G764 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G764 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

2 Peter 2:6 KJV

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

Jude 1:15 KJV

To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Strong's G764 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

27 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Leviticus 20:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And if anyone should lie with his daughter-in-law, let them both be put to death; for they have wrought impiety, they are guilty.

Deuteronomy 17:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the people shall hear and fear, and shall no more commit impiety.

Deuteronomy 18:20 Septuagint / Brenton

But the prophet whosoever shall impiously speak in my name a word which I have not commanded him to speak, and whosoever shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.

Strong's G764 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:22 Septuagint / Brenton

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.

1 Esdras 1:47 Septuagint / Brenton

and he did evil also in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremiah from the mouth of the Lord.

2 Maccabees 1:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Blessed be our God in all things, who hath delivered up the ungodly.

Strong's G764 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 1:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute judgement upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G764.

Leviticus 20:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone should lie with his daughter-in-law, let them both be put to death; for they have wrought impiety, they are guilty.
Deuteronomy 17:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people shall hear and fear, and shall no more commit impiety.
Deuteronomy 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the prophet whosoever shall impiously speak in my name a word which I have not commanded him to speak, and whosoever shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.
Deuteronomy 25:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then it shall come to pass, if the unrighteous should be worthy of stripes, thou shalt lay him down before the judges, and they shall scourge him before them according to his iniquity.
2 Kingdoms 22:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because I kept the ways of the Lord, And did not wickedly depart from my God.
Job 9:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: And though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.
Job 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: But my life is taken away.
Job 10:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; And wherefore hast thou thus judged me?
Job 10:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: But who is he that can deliver out of thy hands?
Job 34:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Saying, I have not sinned, nor committed ungodliness, Nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity, To go with the ungodly.
Job 34:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore hear me, ye that are wise in heart: Far be it from me to sin before the Lord, And to pervert righteousness before the Almighty.
Psalms 17:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have kept the ways of the Lord And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Proverbs 8:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that hate me love death.
Ecclesiastes 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: Lest thou shouldest die before thy time.
Isaiah 59:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words.
Jeremiah 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.
Jeremiah 2:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore do ye speak unto me? ye all have been ungodly, and ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless, know thine iniquity, that thou hast sinned against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every shady tree, but thou didst not hearken to my voice, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
Lamentations 3:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We have sinned, We have transgressed; And thou hast not pardoned.
Ezekiel 16:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if I stretch out my hand against thee, then will I abolish thy statutes, and deliver thee up to the wills of them that hate thee, even to the daughters of the Philistines that turned thee aside from the way wherein thou sinnedst.
Ezekiel 18:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness wherein ye have sinned against me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should ye die, O house of Israel?
Hosea 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them! for they have started aside from me: they are cowards; for they have sinned against me: yet I redeemed them, but they spoke falsehoods against me.
Hosea 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall come into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.
Amos 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye went into Bethel, and sinned, and ye multiplied sin at Gilgal; and ye brought your meat offerings in the morning, and your tithes every third day.
Zephaniah 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Her prophets are light and scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law.
Zephaniah 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day thou shalt not be ashamed of all thy practices, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then will I take away from thee thy disdainful pride, and thou shalt no more magnify thyself upon my holy mountain.
2 Peter 2:6 New Testament, KJV
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Jude 1:15 New Testament, KJV
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
1 Esdras 1:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.
1 Esdras 1:47 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and he did evil also in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremiah from the mouth of the Lord.
2 Maccabees 1:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed be our God in all things, who hath delivered up the ungodly.
2 Maccabees 4:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God; but the time following shall declare these things.
2 Maccabees 4:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And being kindled with anger, forthwith he took away Andronicus his purple, and rent off his clothes, and leading him through the whole city unto that very place, where he had committed impiety against Onias, there slew he the cursed murderer. Thus the Lord rewarded him his punishment, as he had deserved.
4 Maccabees 9:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O most accursed tyrant, and enemy of heavenly justice, and cruelhearted, I am no murderer, nor sacrilegious man, whom thou thus ill-usest; but a defender of the Divine law.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the ungodly and his ungodliness are both alike hateful unto God.
Wisdom of Sirach 15:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, Neither hath he given any man license to sin.
Baruch 2:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.
1 Enoch 1:9 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute judgement upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G764, grouped by book.

Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G764 FAQ

What does asebeo (ἀσεβέω) mean?

Strong's G764 is a Greek entry for G764 ἀσεβέω (asebeo). asebeo (as-eb-eh'-o) v. 1. to be irreverent 2. (by implication) to be wicked

How many times is asebeo (ἀσεβέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's G764 across 23 books.

Where can I study asebeo (ἀσεβέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G764 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate asebeo (ἀσεβέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as live and ungodly. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G764 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 27 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G764, with linked reader references where each row is available.