Definition

properly, unsavedness, i.e. (by implication) profligacy

Etymology

from a compound of G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4982 (σώζω);

Word family

• Α A
• σώζω sṓzō

How the KJV renders it

• excess
• riot

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.