A-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g766 | Greek: aselgeia |
Wantonness, Wanton, Wantonly:
"lasciviousness, licentiousness," is rendered "wantonness" in 2Pe 2:18, AV; see LASCIVIOUSNESS.
A-2 | Noun | Strong's Number: g4764 | Greek: strenos |
Wantonness, Wanton, Wantonly:
"insolent luxury," is rendered "wantonness" in Rev 18:3, RV (marg., "luxury;" AV, "delicacies," not a sufficiently strong rendering).
B-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g4763 | Greek: streniao |
Wantonness, Wanton, Wantonly:
akin to A, No. 2, "to run riot," is rendered "waxed wanton" in Rev 18:7, RV, and "lived wantonly" in Rev 18:8.
See DELICATELY, Note (1). The root of the verb is seen in the Latin strenuus.
B-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g2691 | Greek: katastreniao |
Wantonness, Wanton, Wantonly:
an intensive form of No. 1, "to wax wanton against," occurs in 1Ti 5:11.
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