ἀσέβεια
ungodliness
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Every verse where G763 appears in the Book of 2 Timothy — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
2 Timothy
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, ασεβεια (asébeia) means “ungodliness.” First canonically at Romans 1:18, it enters the text early. It appears 6 verses across 4 books of the Greek New Testament, among its uncommon vocabulary. The word gravitates to Romans (33%), then Jude and 2 Timothy. It shares a root with ασεβης and ασεβεω. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G763 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 6
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 6 distinct verses.
- 4 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 4 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,476
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,476 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 6 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 6 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 4 verses · 67%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 2 verses · 33%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Ungodliness 4×, Ungodly 2×
- American Standard Version: Ungodliness 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Godlessness 2×, Ungodliness 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Ungodliness 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G763 across 6 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G763 across 6 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G763 across 6 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G763 across 6 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- want of reverence towards God, impiety, ungodliness
Word origin
Derived from ασεβης (asebḗs) (G765) — impious.
From G765 ; impiety that is (by implication) wickedness : - ungodly (-liness).
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 3 distinct written forms G763 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀσεβείας asebeías | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine | 2 Timothy 2:16 | 3 |
| ἀσέβειαν asébeian | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Romans 1:18 | 2 |
| ἀσεβειῶν asebeiō̂n | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Feminine | Jude 1:18 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G763, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
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Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ασεβεια appears 68 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 64 verses in 17 books.
- 68
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 64
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Deuteronomy 9:4 ἀσέβεια
- 1 Samuel 24:12 ἀσέβεια
- Job 35:8 ἀσέβεια
- Psalms 5:11 ἀσέβεια
- Proverbs 1:19 ἀσέβεια
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 ἀσέβεια
- Isaiah 59:20 ἀσέβεια
- Jeremiah 5:6 ἀσέβεια
- Lamentations 1:5 ἀσέβεια
- Ezekiel 12:19 ἀσέβεια
- Hosea 10:13 ἀσέβεια
- Amos 1:3 ἀσέβεια
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G763) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 64. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Deuteronomy 9:4 ἀσέβεια Don't speak in your heart, after that Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh does drive them out from before you.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 ἀσέβεια Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 18:22 ἀσέβεια when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.
- Deuteronomy 19:16 ἀσέβεια If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,
- Deuteronomy 25:2 ἀσέβεια and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
- 1 Samuel 24:12 ἀσέβεια Yahweh judge between me and you, and Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you.
- Job 35:8 ἀσέβεια Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit a son of man.
- Job 36:18 ἀσέβεια Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
- Psalms 5:11 ἀσέβεια But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
- Psalms 31:5 ἀσέβεια Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
- Psalms 64:4 ἀσέβεια To shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
- Psalms 72:6 ἀσέβεια He will come down like rain on the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
- Proverbs 1:19 ἀσέβεια So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
- Proverbs 1:31 ἀσέβεια Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 4:17 ἀσέβεια For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
- Proverbs 11:5 ἀσέβεια The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- Proverbs 28:3 ἀσέβεια A needy man who oppresses the poor Is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
- Proverbs 28:4 ἀσέβεια Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; But those who keep the law contend with them.
- Proverbs 28:13 ἀσέβεια He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, But whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
- Proverbs 29:25 ἀσέβεια The fear of man proves to be a snare, But whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 ἀσέβεια There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
- Isaiah 59:20 ἀσέβεια A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 5:6 ἀσέβεια Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backsliding is increased.
- Jeremiah 6:7 ἀσέβεια As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
- Lamentations 1:5 ἀσέβεια Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
- Ezekiel 12:19 ἀσέβεια and tell the people of the land, Thus says the Lord Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, [and despoiled] of all that is therein, because of the violence of all those who dwell therein.
- Ezekiel 14:6 ἀσέβεια Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Return you, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:43 ἀσέβεια Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:58 ἀσέβεια You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 18:28 ἀσέβεια Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Ezekiel 18:30 ἀσέβεια Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return you, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Ezekiel 18:31 ἀσέβεια Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 21:29 ἀσέβεια while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
- Ezekiel 22:11 ἀσέβεια One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
- Ezekiel 23:27 ἀσέβεια Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution [brought] from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.
- Ezekiel 23:29 ἀσέβεια and they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare; and the nakedness of your prostitution shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your prostitution.
- Ezekiel 23:35 ἀσέβεια Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also your lewdness and your prostitution.
- Ezekiel 23:48 ἀσέβεια Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
- Ezekiel 23:49 ἀσέβεια They shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols; and you shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 33:9 ἀσέβεια Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn't turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
- Hosea 10:13 ἀσέβεια You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, For you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
- Hosea 12:1 ἀσέβεια Ephraim feeds on wind, And chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried into Egypt.
- Amos 1:3 ἀσέβεια Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
- Amos 1:6 ἀσέβεια Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they carried away captive the whole community, To deliver them up to Edom;
- Amos 1:9 ἀσέβεια Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, And didn't remember the brotherly covenant;
- Amos 1:11 ἀσέβεια Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity, And his anger raged continually, And he kept his wrath forever;
- Amos 1:13 ἀσέβεια Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, That they may enlarge their border.
- Amos 2:1 ἀσέβεια Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
- Amos 2:4 ἀσέβεια Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have rejected Yahweh's law, And have not kept his statutes, And their lies have led them astray, After which their fathers walked;
- Amos 2:6 ἀσέβεια Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G763) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
