What does ἀσωτία (asōtía) mean in the Bible?
ἀσωτία (asōtía) is a Greek word meaning "debauchery".
Greek · G810
ἀσωτία
Debauchery
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ἀσωτίαG810
Pronunciationasōtía
What does ἀσωτία (asōtía) mean in the Bible?
ἀσωτία (asōtía) is a Greek word meaning "debauchery".
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How does the BSB render G810?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of indiscretion (1), of reckless indiscretion (1), reckless indiscretion (1).
Where does ἀσωτία (asōtía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 5:18. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Ephesians (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 Itof indiscretion1×Titus 1:6
of reckless indiscretion1×1 Peter 4:4
reckless indiscretion1×Ephesians 5:18
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowEphesians 5:18
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Ephesians1Titus11 Peter1
Source forms
ἀσωτίας2xasōtiasTitus 1:6, 1 Peter 4:4
ἀσωτία1xasōtiaEphesians 5:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2xTitus 1:6, 1 Peter 4:4
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xEphesians 5:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. debauchery
Strong'sG810
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
debauchery
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 5:18Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀσωτία,aswtia
wantonness, profligacy
Read verseTitus 1:6Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀσωτίαςaswtiav
wantonness, profligacy
Read verse1 Peter 4:4Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀσωτίαςaswtiav
wantonness, profligacy
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineEph 5:181×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineTitus 1:6 · 1 Pet 4:42×
Word Origins
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