Lexical Summary aischynē: shame Original Word: αἰσχύνηTransliteration: aischynē Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-skhoo'-nay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: shame Meaning: shame Strong's Concordance dishonesty, shame. From aischunomai; shame or disgrace (abstractly or concretely) -- dishonesty, shame. see GREEK aischunomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 152: αἰσχύνηαἰσχύνη, (ης, ἡ (cf. αἰσχρός); 1. subjectively, the confusion of one who is ashamed of anything, sense of shame: μετ' αἰσχύνης suffused with shame, Luke 14:9; τά κρυπτά τῆς αἰσχύνης those things which shame conceals, opposed to φανέρωσις τῆς ἀληθείας, 2 Corinthians 4:2 (evil arts of which one ought to be ashamed). 2. objectively, ignominy: visited on one by the wicked, Hebrews 12:2; which ought to arise from guilt, Philippians 3:19 (opposed to δόξα). 3. a thing to be ashamed of: ἡ αἰσχύνη τῆς γυμνότητός (genitive of apposition) nakedness to be ashamed of, Revelation 3:18, cf. Revelation 16:15; plural (cf. Winer's Grammar, 176 (166)) αἱ αἰσχύναι basenesses, disgraces, shameful deeds, Jude 1:13. ((Aeschylus, Herodotus, others) Synonym: see αἰδώς, at the end.) |
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