Strong's G766 · Greek

ἀσέλγεια

aselgeia · as-elg'-i-a

from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed selges (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent); licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀσέλγεια (G766)

10 ** ἀσέλγεια , -ας, ἡ ( ἀσελγής , licentious ; v. MM, s.v.), [in LXX: Wi 14:26 , III Mac 2:26 *;] licentiousness , wantonness , excess : Mk 7:22 , Ro 13:13 , II Co 12:21 , Ga 5:19 (Lft., in l.), Eph 4:19 , I Pe 4:3 , II Pe 2:2 , 7 , 18 , Ju 4 .† SYN. : ἀσωτία , profligacy , prodigality (v. Tr., Syn. , § xvi; DB , iii, 46).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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