Word

ἀσέλγεια

asélgeia · G766 · Greek · 10 occurrences

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Meanings

licentious behavior, extreme immorality

Behavior completely lacking in moral restraint, usually with the implication of sexual licentiousness

Examples
Mark 7:22 deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
Romans 13:13 Let’s behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy.
2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and indecent behavior which they have practiced.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐπιθυμίαdesire, lust 1
πράσσωto do 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐξακολουθέωto follow 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐνin 3
εἰςto 2
ἐπίon 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

πορνεία porneía · G4202 · to engage in illicit sex, to commit fornication, sexual immorality: Greek noun denoting sexual immorality and fornication; often listed alongside ἀσέλγεια in NT vice lists (e.g., Mark 7:22, Gal 5:19, 2 Cor 12:21). While πορνεία focuses specifically on illicit sexual acts, ἀσέλγεια emphasizes the shameless, unrestrained character of immoral behavior.
ἀκαθαρσία akatharsía · G167 · impurity, immorality, filthiness: Greek noun denoting moral impurity and uncleanness, frequently paired with ἀσέλγεια in NT vice catalogs (e.g., Gal 5:19, Eph 4:19, 2 Cor 12:21). ἀκαθαρσία emphasizes ritual and moral defilement, while ἀσέλγεια emphasizes brazen, excessive licentiousness.

In the other Testament 2 words

זִמָּה zimmâh · H2154 · plan, depravity, wickedness: Hebrew noun denoting sexual lewdness and immoral schemes, frequently used in the LXX to translate or correspond to contexts of sexual immorality and licentiousness, making it a natural translation equivalent for ἀσέλγεια.
זְנוּת zᵉnûwth · H2184 · fornication: Hebrew noun for sexual immorality and fornication; overlaps with Greek ἀσέλγεια in sexual licentiousness contexts, though ἀσέλγεια typically carries broader connotations of shameless excess and unrestrained indulgence beyond purely sexual sin.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Licentious behavior, extreme immorality88.272: Used of unrestrained sensual indulgence, listed among the deeds of the flesh in Galatians 5:19 and the vices that defile a person in Mark 7:22.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσελγειας, ἡ, the conduct and character of one who is ἀσελγής (a word which some suppose…

ἀσελγειας, ἡ, the conduct and character of one who is ἀσελγής (a word which some suppose to be compounded of the alpha privative and Σελγη, the name of a city in Pisidia whose citizens excelled in strictness of morals (so Etym. Magn. 152, 38; per contra cf. Suidas 603 d.): others of ἆ intens. and σαλάγειν, to disturb, raise a din; others, and now the majority, of alpha privative and σέλγω equivalent to θέλγω, not affecting pleasantly, exciting disgust), "unbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence": Mk 7:22 (where it is uncertain what particular vice is spoken of); of gluttony and venery, Jude 1:4; plural, 1 Pet 4:3; 2 Pet 2:2 (for Rec. ἀπωλείαις), 18; of carnality, lasciviousness: 2 Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19; Eph 4:19; 2 Pet 2:7; plural "wanton (acts or) manners, as filthy words, indecent bodily movements, unchaste handling of males and females, etc." (Fritzsche), Rom 13:13. (In Biblical Greek besides only in Wis. 14:26 and 3Macc. 2:26. Among Greek writings used by Plato, Isocrates and following; at length by Plutarch (Lucull. 38) and Lucian (dial. meretr. 6) of the wantonness of women (Lob. ad Phryn., p. 184 n.).) Cf. Tittmann i., p. 151f; (especially Trench, § xvi.).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Sexual Misbehavior10 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0