- Original: ἀσέλγεια
- Transliteration: Aselgeia
- Phonetic: as-elg'-i-a
- Definition:
1. unbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence
- Origin: from a compound of
G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed selges (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent)
- TDNT entry: 09:10,8
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: From a compound of
G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed σελγής selgēs (of uncertain derivation but apparently meaning continent);
licentiousness (sometimes including other vices): - filthy lasciviousness wantonness.
Total KJV Occurrences: 8
• conversation, 1
2 Peter 2:7
• lasciviousness, 5
2 Corinthians 12:21;
Galatians 5:19; Eph 4:19;
1 Peter 4:3;
Jude 1:4
• wantonness, 2
Romans 13:13;
2 Peter 2:18