Bible Dictionary: Licentiousness

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Greek

766. aselgeia -- licentiousness, wantonness
... licentiousness, wantonness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aselgeia
Phonetic Spelling: (as-elg'-ia) Short Definition: wantonness, lewdness ...
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Library

Neither Does Renewed Confidence of Persevering Produce ...
... Fifth Head of Doctrine Article 13 Neither does renewed confidence of persevering
produce licentiousness or a disregard of piety in those� ...
/.../various/the canons of dordt/article 13 neither does renewed.htm

Several Other Things Turned against the Same Mathematicians.
... And if temperance be in its nature good, and licentiousness be opposed to temperance,
and that which is opposed to good be evil, then licentiousness is evil. ...
/.../chapter xvi several other things turned.htm

The People among whom we Labour.
... Outward religiousness, pride and self-righteousness, are his distinguishing
characteristics. [Sidenote: THE LICENTIOUSNESS OF MUHAMMADANS.]. ...
/.../chapter xxviii the people among.htm

Other Charges Repelled by the Same Method the Story of the Noble ...
... If there is a single nation which knows nothing of concubinage through the necessity
of age and sex"to say nothing of lust and licentiousness"that nation ...
/.../tertullian/ad nationes/chapter xvi name charges repelled.htm

Similitudes and Examples a Most Important Part of Right ...
... Nor did the sleepless guard of humanity observe their licentiousness in silence;
but dissuading us from the imitation of them, and training us up to His own ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter viii similitudes and examples a.htm

Against Men who Embellish Themselves.
... midst of the youth, and in the gymnasium, where the prowess of man is tried; the
following of this unnatural practice, is it not the extreme of licentiousness? ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter iii against men who embellish.htm

Seventh Commandment
... When I hear any one make light of adultery and licentiousness, I take the Bible
and see how God has let his curse and wrath come down upon it. ...
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Human Sacrifice. Its Absurdity. Its Prevalence. Its Calamitous ...
... For nearly every city is full of licentiousness of all kinds, the result of the
savage character of its gods; nor is there one of sober life in the idols ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 25 human sacrifice its.htm

The Moral Corruptions of Paganism all Admittedly Originated with ...
... For from Zeus they have learned corruption of youth and adultery, from Aphrodite
fornication, from Rhea licentiousness, from Ares murders, and from other gods ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 26 the moral corruptions.htm

The Bible and the French Revolution.
... The "great city" is also compared, "spiritually," to Sodom. The corruption of Sodom
in breaking the law of God was especially manifested in licentiousness. ...
/.../white/the great controversy between christ and satan /15 the bible and the.htm

Thesaurus

Licentiousness (10 Occurrences)
...Licentiousness (10 Occurrences). Mark 7:22 covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly: (WEY DBY RSV). ...
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Licentious (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Peter 2:18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the
lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from ...
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Lick (8 Occurrences)

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Folly (68 Occurrences)
... Folly (68 Occurrences). Mark 7:22 covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness,
envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly: (WEY DBY NIV). ...
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Nicolaitanes (2 Occurrences)
... They were seemingly a class of professing Christians, who sought to introduce into
the church a false freedom or licentiousness, thus abusing Paul's doctrine ...
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Uttering (10 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the
lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from ...
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Justification (6 Occurrences)
... justification secures also at the same time our sanctification (qv); and thus the
doctrine of justification by faith does not lead to licentiousness (Romans 6:2 ...
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Lustful (10 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the
lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from ...
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Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)
... la-siv'-i-us-nes (aselgeia, "licentiousness," "wantonness," "unbridled lust,"
"shamelessness," "outrageousness"): 1. Sources: Etymologists assign three ...
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Injurious (8 Occurrences)
... Mark 7:22 thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a
wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly; (DBY). ...
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Bible Concordance

Licentiousness (10 Occurrences)

Mark 7:22 covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:
(WEY DBY RSV)

Romans 13:13 Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
(See RSV)

2 Corinthians 12:21 lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised.
(DBY RSV)

Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
(DBY RSV)

Ephesians 4:19 who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
(See RSV)

1 Peter 4:3 For you have given time enough in the past to the doing of the things which the Gentiles delight in-- pursuing, as you did, a course of habitual licence, debauchery, hard drinking, noisy revelry, drunkenness and unholy image-worship.
(See RSV)

2 Peter 2:2 Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
(See RSV)

2 Peter 2:7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
(See RSV)

2 Peter 2:18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
(WEB)

Jude 1:4 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Licentiousness

Related Terms

Licentious (1 Occurrence)

Lick (8 Occurrences)

Folly (68 Occurrences)

Nicolaitanes (2 Occurrences)

Uttering (10 Occurrences)

Justification (6 Occurrences)

Lustful (10 Occurrences)

Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)

Injurious (8 Occurrences)