ἀσωτία
asōtia · reckless living
Greek word · Strong’s number G810 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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asōtia (ἀσωτία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “reckless living”.
A life without restraint that wastes everything.
How to say it
a·sō·ti·a
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
- Unrestrained life that wastes everything.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- dissipation ×2
- reckless living ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ephesians 5:18
And do not get drunk with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
- Titus 1:6
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having believing children not open to the charge of reckless living or rebellious.
- 1 Peter 4:4
In this they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they blaspheme;