What does ἀσέβεια (asébeia) mean in the Bible?
ἀσέβεια (asébeia): Active rebellion against God's authority and character, not mere human sinfulness or moral failure
Greek · G763
ἀσέβεια
Ungodlinessness
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ἀσέβεια G763
Pronunciation asébeia
What does ἀσέβεια (asébeia) mean in the Bible?
ἀσέβεια (asébeia): Active rebellion against God's authority and character, not mere human sinfulness or moral failure
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G763?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include ungodliness (2), [the] godlessness (1), godlessness (1), of wickedness (1), ungodly (1).
Where does ἀσέβεια (asébeia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 1:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Jude (2), Romans (2), 2 Timothy (1), Titus (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It ungodliness 2× 2 Timothy 2:16, Titus 2:12
[the] godlessness 1× Romans 1:18
godlessness 1× Romans 11:26
of wickedness 1× Jude 1:15
ungodly 1× Jude 1:18
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 1:18 ἀσέβειαν to [the] godlessness Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Romans 11:26 ἀσεβείας to godlessness Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 2 Timothy 2:16 ἀσεβείας to ungodliness Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Titus 2:12 ἀσέβειαν to ungodliness Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Jude 1:15 ἀσεβείας to of wickedness Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Jude 1:18 ἀσεβειῶν to ungodly Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 1:18
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Romans 2 2 Timothy 1 Titus 1 Jude 2
Source forms
ἀσεβείας 3x asebeias Romans 11:26, 2 Timothy 2:16, Jude 1:15
ἀσέβειαν 2x asebeian Romans 1:18, Titus 2:12
ἀσεβειῶν 1x asebeiōn Jude 1:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Romans 1:18, Titus 2:12
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x 2 Timothy 2:16, Jude 1:15
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Romans 11:26
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Jude 1:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Active rebellion against God's authority and character, not mere human sinfulness or moral failure
Strong's G763
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 1:18-32 Source Gloss
ungodlinessness
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Active rebellion against God's authority and character, not mere human sinfulness or moral failure
(ἀσεβής), [in LXX for פֶּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc. ;] ungodliness, impiety: Rom.1:18 11:26, 2Ti.2:16, Tit.2:12; ἔργα ἀσεβείας, ungodly deeds, Ju 15; ἐπιθυηίαι τ. ἀσεβειῶν, desires for ungodly things or deeds, Ju 18 (DB, iv, 532; Cremer, 523; MM, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 1:18 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀσέβειαν asebeian
impiety, irreverence, wickedness
Read verse Romans 11:26 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀσεβείας asebeiav
impiety, irreverence, wickedness
Read verse 2 Timothy 2:16 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀσεβείας, asebeiav
impiety, irreverence, wickedness
Read verse Titus 2:12 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀσέβειαν asebeian
impiety, irreverence, wickedness
Read verse Jude 1:15 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀσεβείας asebeiav
impiety, irreverence, wickedness
Read verse Jude 1:18 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἀσεβειῶν. asebeiwn
impiety, irreverence, wickedness
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Tim 2:16 · Jude 1:15 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Jude 1:18 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:18 · Titus 2:12 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rom 11:26 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
God's wrath revealed against human ungodliness and unrighteousness suppressing truth
Contrast between stability of righteous and instability rooted in ungodly wickedness
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀσέβεια is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain