Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
ungodly
Usage: ἀσεβής, -ές (σέβω, to reverence), [in LXX chiefly for רָשַׁע ;] ungodly, impious: Rom.4:5 5:6, 1Ti.1:9, 1Pe.4:18, 2Pe.2:5-6 3:7, Ju 4 15.† (AS)
Asebes means “irreverent” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H765 — aran in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G765 ἀσεβής (asebes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. asebes (as-eb-ace') adj. 1. irreverent 2. (by implication) wicked It has 233 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include ungodly, man, righteous, men, and lord. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
asebes (as-eb-ace') adj. 1. irreverent 2. (by implication) wicked [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4576] KJV: ungodly (man) Root(s): G1, G4576
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ungodly
Usage: ἀσεβής, -ές (σέβω, to reverence), [in LXX chiefly for רָשַׁע ;] ungodly, impious: Rom.4:5 5:6, 1Ti.1:9, 1Pe.4:18, 2Pe.2:5-6 3:7, Ju 4 15.† (AS)
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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.
Strong's G765 (ἀσεβής) appears 236 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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8 indexed usages in New Testament.
180 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Abraham drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?
By no means shalt thou do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?
And Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
43 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G765.
And Abraham drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?
By no means shalt thou do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?
And Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.
And if there should be a dispute between men, and they should come forward to judgment, and the judges judge, and justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked:
There the ungodly have burned out the fury of rage; There the wearied in body rest.
Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: For the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
That such is the overthrow of the ungodly? And out of the earth another shall grow.
For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; But he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; And the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: He covers the faces of the judges of the earth: But if it be not he, who is it?
But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?
Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? For thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, And attended to the counsel of the ungodly.
Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: And if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, For I am full of dishonor.
But safety shall fail them; For their hope is destruction, And the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, And the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
For death is the witness of an ungodly man, And fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, And thrown me upon the ungodly.
But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, And their flame shall not go up.
But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, And the joy of transgressors is destruction:
This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, And the possession of his goods appointed him by the all-seeing God.
Wherefore do the ungodly live, And grow old even in wealth?
For their good things were in their hands, But he regards not the works of the ungodly.
Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, And destruction shall come upon them, And pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
So that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly?
Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from him.
While the ungodly have passed over the bound, Carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: The poor have labored in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, And they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?
This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, And the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.
And he was also very angry with his three friends, Because they were not able to return answers to Job, Yet set him down for an ungodly man.
Saying, I have not sinned, nor committed ungodliness, Nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity, To go with the ungodly.
He is ungodly that says to a king, Thou art a transgressor, That says to princes, O most ungodly one.
And he quite destroys the ungodly, For they are seen before him.
He will not by any means save alive the ungodly: And he will grant the judgment of the poor.
But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, And because when reproved they were disobedient.
But there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, By reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
To lay hold of the extremities of the earth, To cast out the ungodly out of it?
And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, And crushed the arm of the proud?
Bring down also the proud man; And consume at once the ungodly.
Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat in the seat of evil men.
Not so the ungodly—not so: But rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.
Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, Nor sinners in the counsel of the just.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; Thou hast blotted out their name forever, even forever and ever.
While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: The wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
Wherefore has the wicked provoked God? For he has said in his heart, He will not require it.
The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: And he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.
The ungodly walk around: According to thy greatness thou hast greatly exalted the sons of men.
From the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: Mine enemies have compassed about my soul.
Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: Deliver my soul from the ungodly: Draw thy sword,
I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; And will not sit with ungodly men.
Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, Nor my life with bloody men:
O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: Let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.
For the Lord loves judgment, And will not forsake his saints; They shall be preserved forever: The blameless shall be avenged, But the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, And lifting himself up like the cedars of Lebanon.
But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: The remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And ungodly men shall turn to thee.
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: He shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; And there is good understanding to all that practice it: And piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; But the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.
My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, Neither consent thou to them.
So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: But the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, Having become ungodly have hated knowledge, And are become subject to reproofs.
For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; And an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, And transgressors shall be driven away from it.
Neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
But the habitations of the just are blessed.
But the ungodly have exalted their own dishonor.
Go not in the ways of the ungodly, Neither covet the ways of transgressors.
But the ways of the ungodly are dark; They know not how they stumble.
He that reproves evil men shall get dishonor to himself; And he that rebukes an ungodly man shall disgrace himself.
The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: But he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.
But untimely grief shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.
But the name of the ungodly man is extinguished.
There is a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; But destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.
But poverty is the ruin of the ungodly.
But the fruits of the ungodly produce sins.
But the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
But the desire of the righteous is acceptable.
But the righteous turns aside and escapes forever.
length of days: But the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.
But the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
But the ungodly shall not dwell in the earth.
But the mouth of the ungodly is perverse.
When a just man dies he leaves regret: But the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: But the boast of the ungodly perishes.
A righteous man escapes from a snare, And the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: But the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.
But by the mouths of ungodly men it is overthrown.
An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: But the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.
A righteous son is born for life: But the persecution of the ungodly ends in death.
All the desire of the righteous is good: But the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
If the righteous scarcely be saved, Where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
The thoughts of the righteous are true judgments; But ungodly men devise deceits.
The words of ungodly men are crafty; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; But the houses of the just remain.
A righteous man has pity for the lives of his cattle; But the bowels of the ungodly are unmerciful.
But the roots of the godly are firmly set.
But the ungodly will be filled with mischief.
But mischief shall pursue sinners; And the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray.
A righteous man hates an unjust word: But an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
But the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.
And the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.
man eats and satisfies his soul: But the souls of the ungodly are in want.
The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; But the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand.
Evil men shall fall before the good; And the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.
The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: But he who is secure in his own holiness is just.
In the houses of the righteous is much strength: But the fruits of the ungodly shall perish.
The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; But the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.
The ways of an ungodly man are an abomination to the Lord; But he loves those that follow after righteousness.
A passionate man stirs up strife; But he that is slow to anger appeases even a rising one. But an ungodly man rather stirs them up.
All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; But the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.
All the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; And the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.
his bosom do not prosper; And an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises them; But dishonor and reproach come upon him.
It is not good to accept the person of the ungodly, Nor is it holy to pervert justice in judgment.
He that has found a good wife has found favors, And has received gladness from God. And he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.
He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: And the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgments.
And will bring a wheel upon them.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G765, grouped by book.
Asebes (Strong's G765) is a Greek word most simply glossed "irreverent". asebes (as-eb-ace') adj. 1. irreverent 2. (by implication) wicked
This page currently indexes 233 linked usages for Strong's G765 across 23 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G765 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ungodly, man, righteous, men, lord, and wicked. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 180 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 43 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G765, with linked reader references where each row is available.