ἀσεβής

See also: ασεβής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ σέβομαι (sébomai, “I feel awe”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.se.bɛ̌ːs/ → /a.seˈβis/ → /a.seˈvis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.se.bɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.seˈbe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.seˈβis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.seˈvis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.seˈvis/

Adjective

ἀσεβής • (asebḗs) m or f (neuter ἀσεβές); second declension

1. ungodly, godless, unholy, profane, sinful, sacrilegious

Inflection

Third declension of ἀσεβής; ἀσεβές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀσεβής asebḗs	ἀσεβές asebés		ἀσεβεῖ asebeî	ἀσεβεῖ asebeî		ἀσεβεῖς asebeîs	ἀσεβῆ asebê
Genitive		ἀσεβοῦς aseboûs	ἀσεβοῦς aseboûs		ἀσεβοῖν aseboîn	ἀσεβοῖν aseboîn		ἀσεβῶν asebôn	ἀσεβῶν asebôn
Dative		ἀσεβεῖ asebeî	ἀσεβεῖ asebeî		ἀσεβοῖν aseboîn	ἀσεβοῖν aseboîn		ἀσεβέσῐ / ἀσεβέσῐν asebésĭ(n)	ἀσεβέσῐ / ἀσεβέσῐν asebésĭ(n)
Accusative		ἀσεβῆ asebê	ἀσεβές asebés		ἀσεβεῖ asebeî	ἀσεβεῖ asebeî		ἀσεβεῖς asebeîs	ἀσεβῆ asebê
Vocative		ἀσεβές asebés	ἀσεβές asebés		ἀσεβεῖ asebeî	ἀσεβεῖ asebeî		ἀσεβεῖς asebeîs	ἀσεβῆ asebê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀσεβῶς asebôs			ἀσεβέστερος asebésteros			ἀσεβέστᾰτος asebéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• εὐσεβής (eusebḗs, “pious”)

Derived terms

• ἀσεβῶς (asebôs, adverb)
• ἀσεβέστατα (asebéstata, adverb superlative)

Related terms

• ᾰ̓σέβειᾰ f (ăsébeiă, “impiety”)
• ᾰ̓σεβέω (ăsebéō, “I am impious, sin”)
• ᾰ̓σέβημα n (ăsébēma, “impious act”)
• and see σέβας (sébas, “reverential awe”), σέβομαι (sébomai, “revere, worship”), σέβω (sébō, “worship, honour”)

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ (asebēs)
• Greek: ασεβής (asevís)

Further reading

• “ἀσεβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀσεβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀσεβής in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀσεβής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G765 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blasphemous idem, page 82.
  • godless idem, page 365.
  • immoral idem, page 418.
  • impious idem, page 421.
  • irreligious idem, page 460.
  • irreverent idem, page 460.
  • profane idem, page 653.
  • sacrilegious idem, page 729.
  • sinful idem, page 777.
  • unbelieving idem, page 908.
  • ungodly idem, page 919.
  • unhallowed idem, page 920.
  • unholy idem, page 921.
  • unrighteous idem, page 930.
  • wicked idem, page 978.
  • worldly idem, page 990.
  • wrong idem, page 994.