Wanton Wantonness Wantonly

Wanton Wantonness Wantonly

'''A — 1: ἀσέλγεια (Strong'S #766 — Noun Feminine — aselgeia — as-elg'-i-a )

"lasciviousness, licentiousness," is rendered "wantonness" in  2 Peter 2:18 , Av; see Lasciviousness.

'''A — 2: στρῆνος (Strong'S #4764 — Noun Neuter — strenos — stray'-nos )

"insolent luxury," is rendered "wantonness" in  Revelation 18:3 , Rv (marg., "luxury;" Av, "delicacies," not a sufficiently strong rendering).

'''B — 1: στρηνιάω (Strong'S #4763 — Verb — streniao — stray-nee-ah'-o )

akin to A, No. 2, "to run riot," is rendered "waxed wanton" in  Revelation 18:7 , Rv, and "lived wantonly" in  Revelation 18:8 . See Delicately , Note (1). The root of the verb is seen in the Latin strenuus.

'''B — 2: καταστρηνιάω (Strong'S #2691 — Verb — katastreniao — kat-as-tray-nee-ah'-o )

an intensive form of No. 1, "to wax wanton against," occurs in  1 Timothy 5:11 .