UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἀσέλγεια; -ας

Sense 1: licentious behavior, extreme immorality

Semantic entry: 88.272

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Sexual Misbehavior

Definition: behavior completely lacking in moral restraint, usually with the implication of sexual licentiousness

Notes: In some languages the equivalent of ‘licentious behavior’ would be ‘to live like a dog’ or ‘to act like a goat’ or ‘to be a rooster,’ in each instance pertaining to promiscuous sexual behavior.

Show passage in OET: MRK 7:22

Combined passage: org MRK 7:21–22 (native MRK 7:21–22; verse text cannot be split).

OET-RV MRK 7:21-22

21-22 ⇔“That’s because evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, lust, slander, pride, and foolishness all come from inside people’s hearts and minds.

OET-LV MRK 7:22

22 greediness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, eyeing evil, slander, pride, foolishness.

Show passage in OET: ROM 13:13

OET-RV ROM 13:13

13 In the daytime we have to walk decently—not carousing on the street and being drunk, not having sex and acting lustfully, and not causing strife and acting jealously.

OET-LV ROM 13:13

13 As in the_day properly we _may _walk, not in _carousing and drunkenness, not in _sexual _intercourse and wantonness, not in _strife and jealousy.

Jump to OET MRK 7:22 section.

Jump to OET ROM 13:13 section.

All 10 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: OET MRK 7:22

ROM: OET ROM 13:13

CO2: OET CO2 12:21

GAL: OET GAL 5:19

EPH: OET EPH 4:19

PE1: OET PE1 4:3

PE2: OET PE2 2:2 · OET PE2 2:7 · OET PE2 2:18

JDE: OET JDE 1:4

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀσέλγεια

Form 1

Sense 1: licentious behavior, extreme immorality