debauchery
Aselgeia denotes condemned immoral conduct, listed with fleshly desires, impurity, and other practices rejected in the cited passages.
The term consistently denotes condemned immoral conduct: it is listed among works of the flesh and inward evils, associated with impurity and sexual sin, and described as conduct followed, practiced, or turned to by those in error.
Senses in use
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Condemned immoral conduct · dominant
The noun appears in vice lists and descriptions of conduct rejected as fleshly or lawless. In 1 Peter 4:3 the plural form occurs in the former Gentile pattern alongside desires, drunkennesses, orgies, and idolatries; in Ephesians 4:19 the singular follows people who have become callous and delivered themselves to such conduct. In 2 Peter 2:2, 2 Peter 2:7, and 2 Peter 2:18 it is connected respectively with conduct that many follow, the lawless conduct oppressing Lot, and enticement through fleshly desires.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term within clauses or lists as “debauchery,” while Galatians 5:19 renders its list item “sensuality.” These English choices show the verse-level presentation rather than separate lexical senses.