ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑΣ, ἀσελγειας
ASELGEIAS, aselgeias
Sounds Like: ah-sel-GEY-as
Translations: of licentiousness, of sensuality, of debauchery, of wantonness, of unbridled lust, of outrageousness
From the root: ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to unbridled lust, sensuality, or debauchery, often characterized by a lack of moral restraint and a disregard for public decency. It describes a shameless and excessive indulgence in pleasure, particularly sexual pleasure, without concern for consequences or propriety. It is often used in a negative sense to denote a state of moral corruption.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0766 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:87
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
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
- ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑΙΣ — wantonness, sensuality, debauchery, licentiousness, lewdness, unbridled lust, an act of wantonness, acts of wantonness
- ἈΣΕΛΓΕΙΑΝ — licentiousness, sensuality, debauchery, wantonness, unbridled lust, a licentiousness, a sensuality, a debauchery, a wantonness, an unbridled lust
- ἈΣΕΛΓΙΑΙΣ — licentiousness, sensuality, debauchery, wantonness, lewdness, unbridled lust
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