ἀσέβεια, -as, ἡ, (ἀσεβής, 4. V-), want of reverence towards God, impiety, ungodliness: Ro. i. 18; 2 Tim. ii. 16; Tit. ii. 12; plur. ungodly thoughts and deeds, Ro. xi. 26 (fr. Is. lix. 20); τὰ ἔργα ἀσεβείας [Treg. br. ἀσεβ.7 works of ungodliness, a Hebraism, Jude 15, οἵ. W. § 34, 3 b.; [B. § 132, 10]; ai ἐπιθυμίαι τῶν ἀσεβειῶν their desires to do ungodly deeds, Jude 18. (In Grk. writ. fr. [Eur.], Plat. and Xen. down; in the Sept. it corresponds chiefly to pwa.)

ἀσέβεια asebeia 6x

impiety, ungodliness; dishonesty, wickedness, Rom. 1:18; 11:26; 2 Tim. 2:16; Tit. 2:12; Jude 15, 18*

ἀσέβεια, -ας, ἡ

(< ἀσεβής), [in LXX for פֶּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc.;]

ungodliness, impiety: Ro 1:18 11:26, II Ti 2:16, Tit 2:12; ἔργα ἀσεβείας, ungodly deeds, Ju 15; ἐπιθυηίαι τ. ἀσεβειῶν, desires for ungodly things or deeds, Ju 18 (DB, iv, 532; Cremer, 523; MM, s.v.).†

ἀσέβεια. In P Eleph 23} *- (B.c. 223-2) we find the characteristic phrase ἔνοχον εἶναι τῆι ἀσεβείαι Tod ὅρκου : cf. Sy// 560% (Rhodian dialect, iii/B.c.) ἢ ἔνοχος ἔστω tar ἀσεβείαι (of violating certain taboos concerning a temple—the last of them μηδὲ ὑποδήματα ἐσφερέτω μηδὲ ὕειον μηθέν), and of a much later date OGZS 2621 (iii/a.D.) ἔνοχον εἶναι ἀσεβείᾳ. In γὼ 190!° we have ἀ. with a genitive, elo]anSqoavras νύκτωρ ἐπ᾽ ἀδικίαι [kal] ἀσεβείαι τοῦ ἱεροῦ: King Lysimachus (B.C. 306-581) is decreeing penalties against men who tried to burn a temple. In the ‘* Apologia pro vita sua” of Antiochus I, OG/S 3835 (middle of i/B.c.) it is stated that χαλεπὴ νέμεσις βασιλικῶν δαιμόνων τιμωρὸς ὁμοίως ἀμελίας τε καὶ ὕβρεως ἀσέβειαν διώκει, and almost immediately afterwards there is a reference to the toilsome burdens of impiety—rtijs δὲ ἀσεβείας ὀπισθοβαρεῖς ἀνάγκαι.

ἀσέβεια (asebeia) — ungodlinessness. ἀσέβ-εια, ἡ, ungodliness, impiety, opposed to ἀδικία, διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων περὶ μὲν θεοὺς ἀ. περὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἀδικίαν[LXX+5th c.BC+]: at Rome, disloyalty to the Emperor (as θεός), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of Christianity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]