UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἀσωτία; -ας

Constructions: ἀσωτία; ἀ-; σῴζω

Sense 1: senseless deeds, reckless deeds, recklessness

Semantic entry: 88.96

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Sensible Behavior, Senseless Behavior

Definition: behavior which shows lack of concern or thought for the consequences of an action

Notes: In some languages ἀσωτία in RV EPH 5:18 · LV EPH 5:18 · Read together EPH 5:18 may be rendered as ‘what one does without being able to think about it’ or ‘what one does when the mind is absent.’

EPH 5:18: RV EPH 5:18 · LV EPH 5:18 · Read together EPH 5:18

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OET-RV EPH 5:18

18 And don’t get drunk on alcohol because that’s excessive. Instead, be filled with God’s spirit,

OET-LV EPH 5:18

18 And not be _being _drunk with _wine, in which is intemperance, but be _being _filled with the_spirit,

TIT 1:6: RV TIT 1:6 · LV TIT 1:6 · Read together TIT 1:6

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OET-RV TIT 1:6

6 Each elder must have a clean record, be the husband of one wife, and have believing children who are not wild or disobedient.

OET-LV TIT 1:6

6 if anyone is unindictable, the_husband of _one wife, having believing children, not in accusation of _intemperance or insubordinate.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

EPH: RV EPH 5:18 · LV EPH 5:18 · Read together EPH 5:18

TIT: RV TIT 1:6 · LV TIT 1:6 · Read together TIT 1:6

PE1: RV PE1 4:4 · LV PE1 4:4 · Read together PE1 4:4

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀσωτία

Form 1

Sense 1: senseless deeds, reckless deeds, recklessness