asebēs · ungodly

What it means

asebēs (ἀσεβής) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “ungodly”.

Someone who has no reverence for God.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone who does not respect God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Romans×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×3
• Jude×3

• Romans 4:5

  But to the one who does not work but believes in him who declares righteous the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

• Romans 5:6

  For while we were still weak, at the right time the Messiah died for the ungodly.

• 1 Timothy 1:9

  knowing this, that law is not laid down for a righteous person but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers and those who kill their mothers, for murderers,

• 1 Peter 4:18

  And if the righteous is saved with difficulty, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?

• 2 Peter 2:5

  and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

• 2 Peter 2:6

  and condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes, having made them an example for the ungodly of what is coming;

• 2 Peter 3:7

  But the present heavens and earth by the same word have been stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.

• Jude 1:4

  For certain men have slipped in, who long ago were written about beforehand for this judgment, ungodly men who turn the grace of our God into debauchery and deny our only Sovereign and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

• Jude 1:15

  to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

And 1 more times.