Aselgeia means “filthy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H766 — oren (“ash”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G766 ἀσέλγεια (aselgeia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aselgeia (as-elg'-ei-a) n. 1. licentiousness (sometimes including other vices) [from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed selges (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent)] It has 11 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include lasciviousness, uncleanness, god, our, and men. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
aselgeia (as-elg'-ei-a) n. 1. licentiousness (sometimes including other vices) [from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed selges (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent)] KJV: filthy, lasciviousness, wantonness Root(s): G1
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G766. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
debauchery
Usage: ἀσέλγεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀσελγής, licentious; see MM, see word), [in LXX: Wis.14:26, 3Ma.2:26 * ;] licentiousness, wantonness, excess: Mrk.7:22, Rom.13:13, 2Co.12:21, Gal.5:19 (Lft., in l), Eph.4:19, 1Pe.4:3, 2Pe.2:2 2:7 2:18, Ju 4.† SYN.: ἀσωτία, profligacy, prodigality (see Tr., Syn., § xvi; DB, iii, 46). (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
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Strong's G766 (ἀσέλγεια) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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9 indexed usages in New Testament.
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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 and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and not satisfied with countless acts of impiety, his audacity so increased that he raised evil reports there, and many of his friends, watching his purpose attentively, joined in furthering his will.
Disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, Defiling of souls, changing of kind, Disorder in marriages, adultery, and shameless uncleanness.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G766.
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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 and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
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, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
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 them who live in error.
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 lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
and not satisfied with countless acts of impiety, his audacity so increased that he raised evil reports there, and many of his friends, watching his purpose attentively, joined in furthering his will.
Disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, Defiling of souls, changing of kind, Disorder in marriages, adultery, and shameless uncleanness.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G766, grouped by book.
Aselgeia (Strong's G766) is a Greek word most simply glossed "filthy". aselgeia (as-elg'-ei-a) n. 1. licentiousness (sometimes including other vices) [from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed selges (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent)]
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's G766 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G766 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lasciviousness, uncleanness, god, our, men, and evil. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G766, with linked reader references where each row is available.