Dictionaries :: Ungodliness, Ungodly

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Ungodliness, Ungodly:

"impiety, ungodliness," is used of

(a) general impiety, Rom 1:18; 11:26; 2Ti 2:16; Tts 2:12;

(b) "ungodly" deeds, Jud 1:15, RV, "works of ungodliness;"

(c) of lusts or desires after evil things, Jud 1:18. It is the opposite of eusebeia, "godliness."

Note: Anomia is disregard for, or defiance of, God's laws; asebeia is the same attitude towards God's Person.

Ungodliness, Ungodly:

"impious, ungodly" (akin to A), "without reverence for God," not merely irreligious, but acting in contravention of God's demands, Rom 4:5; 5:6; 1Ti 1:9; 1Pe 4:18; 2Pe 2:5 (ver. 6 in some mss.); 3:7; Jud 1:4, 15 (twice).

Ungodliness, Ungodly:

akin to A and B, signifies

(a) "to be or live ungodly," 2Pe 2:6;

(b) "to commit ungodly deeds," Jud 1:15.