ἀσέβ-εια G0763
Ungodliness, impiety; a disposition of irreverence toward God and disregard for divine standards.
Asebeia names the fundamental posture of irreverence toward God -- not a single wicked act, but a settled disposition of impiety. Paul introduces it as the target of God's wrath, revealed 'against all ungodliness and unrighteousness' (Rom 1:18), pairing it with adikia (injustice) just as classical Greek writers did. It appears in the promise that the Deliverer will 'banish ungodliness from Jacob' (Rom 11:26), in warnings about the corrosive spread of godless talk (2 Tim 2:16), in the call to renounce 'ungodliness and worldly passions' (Titus 2:12), and in Jude's citation of Enoch against the 'ungodly' (Jude 1:15). German 'Gottlosigkeit' (God-lessness) captures the etymology perfectly.
Senses
1. ungodliness, impiety — The quality or disposition of being ungodly -- impiety, irreverence, or disregard for God and his standards. This abstract noun denotes not a specific sin but a fundamental orientation away from God. Romans 1:18 pairs it with adikia (unrighteousness) in the classic twofold framing of human rebellion: irreverence toward God and injustice toward humans. German 'Gottlosigkeit' (literally 'God-lessness') and French 'impiete' both mirror the privative structure of the Greek. The word spans eschatological prophecy (Rom 11:26), pastoral warning (2 Tim 2:16; Titus 2:12), and apocalyptic judgment (Jude 1:15). 6×
amh["ኃጢአት"]·AR["-الكُفرَ", "الفُجورِ", "الكفر", "الْكُفْرَ", "شر", "فُجورِ"]·ben["অধর্ম", "অধার্মিকতা", "অধার্মিকতায়;", "অধার্মিকতার", "অভক্তি"]·ces["bezbožnosti", "bezbožností"]·dan["af-ugudelighed", "ugudeligheder."]·DE["Gottlosigkeit", "Gottlosigkeiten", "der-Gottlosigkeit"]·ell["ασεβείας", "ασεβειών."]·EN["of-ungodliness", "ungodliness"]·FR["d'impiété", "impiété", "impiétés."]·guj["અધર્મના", "અધર્મોની."]·hat["de-san-respè"]·hau["rashin-tsoron-Allah"]·heb["רִשְׁעָה", "רֶשֶׁע", "רשעה", "רשעות"]·HI["अधरम", "अधरम;", "अभक्ति", "अभक्ति-के", "अभक्तियों-की।"]·hun["istentelenség", "istentelenségeknek"]·ID["kefasikan"]·IT["asebeian", "asebeias", "d'-empietà", "empieta", "empietà"]·jav["duraka", "mboten-mursid;", "mboten-ngabekti", "tanpa-mursid"]·JA["不敬虔"]·KO["경건치-않음", "불경건-과", "불경건-의;", "불경건을", "불경건의", "불경건한-것들의"]·mar["अधर्मांच्या।", "अधर्माच्या"]·mya["မကိုင်းမရိုင်းခြင်းများ၏", "မကိုင်းမရိုင်းခြင်း၏"]·nld["goddeloosheden", "van-goddeloosheid"]·nor["ugudelighet", "ugudeligheter"]·pnb["بے-دینی-دے", "بے-دینیاں-دیاں"]·pol["bezbożności"]·PT["de-impiedade", "em-impiedade", "impiedade", "impiedades"]·ron["-de-neevlavie", "neevlaviilor."]·RU["нечестие", "нечестий", "нечестия", "от-"]·ES["de-impiedad", "impiedad", "impiedades."]·SW["kutokumcha-Mungu", "kutomcha-Mungu", "uasi", "uovu", "wote", "ya-uovu"]·swe["ogudaktigheter", "ogudaktighets"]·tam["அவபக்தியின்"]·tel["భక్తిహీనత-యొక్క", "భక్తిహీనతల"]·tgl["kasamaan", "ng-kasamaan"]·TH["อธรรม"]·TR["tanrısızlık", "tanrısızlıklarının.", "tanrısızlığa", "tanrısızlığı"]·ukr["нечестивостей", "нечестивості"]·urd["بے-دینی", "بے-دینی-میں", "بےدینی-کے", "بےدینیوں"]·VI["của-sự-vô-đạo", "sự-vô-đạo"]·yor["àìwà-bíi-Ọlọ́run", "àìwà-bíi-Ọlọ́run."]·yue["不敬虔-嘅"]·ZH["不敬虔"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀσέβ-εια, ἡ, ungodliness, impiety, opposed to ἀδικία, διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων περὶ μὲν θεοὺς ἀ. περὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἀδικίανLXX+5th c.BC+: at Rome, disloyalty to the Emperor (as θεός), Refs 2nd c.AD+; of Christianity, Refs 5th c.BC+