ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑΙΣ, ἀσελγειαις
ASELGEIAIS, aselgeiais
Sounds Like: ah-sel-GEY-aiss
Translations: wantonness, sensuality, debauchery, licentiousness, lewdness, unbridled lust, an act of wantonness, acts of wantonness
From the root: ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to unbridled lust, sensuality, or wantonness, often characterized by a lack of moral restraint and a disregard for public decency. It describes behavior that is openly and shamelessly immoral, typically involving sexual excess or other forms of self-indulgence. It is used to describe actions or a state of being that is characterized by such unrestrained behavior.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0766 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙ — to debauchery, to sensuality, to licentiousness, to wantonness, to unbridled lust, to outrageousness, to insolence, to shamelessness
- ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑ — licentiousness, sensuality, debauchery, wantonness, lewdness, unbridled lust, a licentiousness
- ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑΝ — licentiousness, sensuality, debauchery, wantonness, unbridled lust, a licentiousness, a sensuality, a debauchery, a wantonness, an unbridled lust
- ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑΣ — of licentiousness, of sensuality, of debauchery, of wantonness, of unbridled lust, of outrageousness
- ἈΣΕΛΓΙΑΙΣ — licentiousness, sensuality, debauchery, wantonness, lewdness, unbridled lust
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