What does ἀσεβέω (asebéō) mean in the Bible?
ἀσεβέω (asebéō) is a Greek word meaning "to be (by implied act) impious or wicked".
Greek · G764
ἀσεβέω
To be (by implied act) impious or wicked
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ἀσεβέω G764
Pronunciation asebéō
What does ἀσεβέω (asebéō) mean in the Bible?
ἀσεβέω (asebéō) is a Greek word meaning "to be (by implied act) impious or wicked".
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How does the BSB render G764?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include ungodly (1).
Where does ἀσεβέω (asebéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Jude 1:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Jude (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 ungodly 1× Jude 1:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Jude 1:15
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Jude 1
Source forms
ἠσέβησαν 1x ēsebēsan Jude 1:15
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Jude 1:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to be (by implied act) impious or wicked
Source Gloss
to be (by implied act) impious or wicked
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Peter 2:6 Verb Present Active Infinitive
ἀσεβεῖν asebein
I am impious, irreverent, do impiously
Read verse Jude 1:15 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἠσέβησαν, hsebhsan
I am impious, irreverent, do impiously
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀσεβέω is built from this root:
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