ἀσωτία
asōtía · G810 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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senseless deeds, reckless deeds, recklessness
Behavior which shows lack of concern or thought for the consequences of an action
ExamplesEphesians 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, in which there is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Titus 1:6 namely, if any man is beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of indecent behavior or rebellion.
1 Peter 4:4 In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same excesses of debauchery, and they slander you;
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- κατηγορίαaccusation 1
- ἀνάχυσιςexcessive 1
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
- ἀκρασία akrasía · G192 · lack of self-control, failure to control oneself
- Greek noun denoting lack of self-control or excess; overlaps with ἀσωτία in describing unrestrained indulgence, though ἀκρασία focuses more on the loss of self-mastery while ἀσωτία emphasizes the reckless wastefulness and dissipation.
- ἀσέλγεια asélgeia · G766 · licentious behavior, extreme immorality
- Greek noun for unbridled sensuality and shameless excess; often appears in vice lists alongside or near ἀσωτία (e.g., both characterize immoral living in New Testament ethical teaching), though ἀσέλγεια emphasizes the shameless, outrageous quality of the conduct while ἀσωτία highlights the reckless squandering aspect.
In the other Testament 1 word
- זָלַל zâlal · H2151 · to be a glutton, to despise
- Hebrew verb denoting the reckless, prodigal behavior that characterizes ἀσωτία; used in contexts of moral looseness and wastefulness (e.g., Proverbs 23:20-21 warning against זֹלְלִים, gluttons/profligates).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Senseless deeds, reckless deeds, recklessness88.96
- Used of reckless, dissolute living, as of the debauchery associated with drunkenness in Ephesians 5:18 and the excesses of debauchery believers no longer join in 1 Peter 4:4.
Word family 20 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσωτίας, ἡ (the character of an ἄσωτος, i. e. of an abandoned man, one that cannot be…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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