Quick Definition
ἀσεβέω v. I am impious, irreverent, do impiously
Strong's Definition
from 765; to be (by implied act) impious or wicked
KJV Usage: commit (live, that after should live) ungodly
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀ- + σέβομαι
53.10 · Religious Activities · Religious Practice
to live in an ungodly manner, godlessness to live in a manner contrary to proper religious beliefs and practice
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσεβέω, -ῶ; 1 aor. ἠσέβησα; (ἀσεβής, 4. v-); from [Aeschyl.], Xen. and Plato down; to be ungodly, act impiously: 2 Pet. ii. 6; ἀσεβεῖν ἔργα ἀσεβείας [ Tres. br. ἀσεβείας], Jude 15, cf. W. 222 (209); [B. 149 (130)]. (Equiv. to pwa, Zeph. 111. 11; yw, Dan. ix. 5.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσεβέω asebeō 1x
to be impious, to act impiously or wickedly, live an impious life, 2 Pet. 2:6; Jude 15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀσεβέω, -ῶ
(< ἀσεβής), [in LXX for פּשׁע, רשׁע;]
to be ungodly, act profanely: II Pe 2:6; c. cogn. acc. (MM, s.v.), Ju 15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσεβέω λυχνίοις, θυμιάμασιν, [ζἸμύρναι, ἄρωμασιν all governed by χρέεσθαι ( -- χρῆσθαι). So OG/S 38314 (i/B.c.) ἐπιθύσεις - ἀρωμάτων ἐν βωμοῖς τούτοις ποιείσθω, P Oxy IX. 1211}0 (ii/A.D.) πᾶν ἄρωμα χωρὶς λιβάνου, ‘every spice except frankincense,” in a list of articles for a sacrifice, BGU 1. 1491 (ii/iii a.p.) (= Chrest. I. 93) Us τιμὴν [τῶν ἀρ]ωμάτων, in temple-accounts, and P Leid Wvi- 18, For the adj. see P Fay 93° (a lease of a perfumery business, A.D. 161) (= Crest. I. 317) βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρά cov τὴν μυροπωλαικὴν (7. μυροπωλικὴν) Kal dpopaτικὴν (1. ἀρωματικὴν) ἐργασίαν κτλ. Add the inscription on a seal of the time of the Antonines ἀρωματικῆς τῶν κυρίων ΚΚαισάρων, where Rostowzew supplies avis after ἀ. : see Archiv ii. p. 443, and for the ἀρωματική tax, 26. iii. p- 192, iv. p. 313 ff. The verb occurs Prveve 112% (after B.C. 84) Hpwpaticpévoy . . . ἔλαιον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀσεβέω (asebeō) — be ungodly. ἀσεβ-έω, to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀδικέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγγελίας καὶ ἐπιτάξεις παρὰ νόμον ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. with accusative person, sin against, ἢ θεὸν ἢ ξένον τιν᾽ ἀσεβῶν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸν Καίσαρα[Refs 3rd c.AD+] —passive, ἀσεβοῦνται οἱ θεοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of households, to be affected with the consequences of sin, ὅταν τις ἀσεβηθῇ τῶν οἴκων[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. passive also of the act, ἐμοὶ ἠσέβηται οὐδὲν περί τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+]