αἰσχύνομαι
aischýnomai · G153 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to be ashamed, to feel disgraced
(Derivative of αἰσχύνη ‘shame,’) To feel shame or disgrace because of having done something wrong or something beneath one’s dignity or social status
ExamplesLuke 16:3 “And the manager said to himself, ‘What am I to do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
2 Corinthians 10:8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,
Philippians 1:20 according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: I 3
- Not stated: we 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐνin+ οὐδείςno one 1
- ἐνin+ παρουσίαcoming, presence 1
- ἀπόfrom+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- μήnot 1
- οὐnot 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- בּוּשׁ bûwsh · H954 · to be ashamed, to come to shame, to be put to shame
- Hebrew בּוּשׁ (bûwsh, H954) and Greek αἰσχύνομαι (aischýnomai, G153) are direct translation equivalents denoting the core experience of shame or being put to shame, with בּוּשׁ (bûwsh, H954) carrying the broader semantic range that includes both the emotional state and its public manifestation (being confounded, delayed, or made dry as metaphorical extensions), while αἰσχύνομαι (aischýnomai, G153) focuses specifically on the reflexive feeling of shame for oneself.
- בָּאַשׁ bâʼash · H887 · to become foul, to stink, to make stink
- Hebrew בָּאַשׁ denotes making oneself abhorrent or causing a stinking reputation, which the LXX translators rendered with Greek αἰσχύνομαι when the focus shifts from the objective offense (stench/abhorrence) to the subjective emotional response (shame) that such a reputation produces in the actor.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be ashamed, to feel disgraced25.190
- In Philippians 1:20, Paul expresses hope “that I will not be put to shame in anything,” using aíschynomai for the experience of being disgraced or humiliated before others.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (αἶσχος (cf. αἰσχρός)); 1. to disfigure: πρόσωπον, Homer, Iliad 18, 24, and many…
1. to disfigure: πρόσωπον, Homer, Iliad 18, 24, and many others.
2. to dishonor: the Sept. Prov 29:15.
3. to suffuse with shame, make ashamed: Sir. 13:7. In the N. T. only passive, αἰσχύνομαι; future αἰσχυνθήσομαι; 1 aorist ᾐσχύνθην; to be suffused with shame, be made ashamed, be ashamed: 2 Cor 10:8; Phm 1:20; 1 Pet 4:16; μή αἰσχυνθῶμεν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ that we may not in shame shrink from him, 1 Jn 2:28 (Sir. 21:22 αἰσχυνθήσεται ἀπό προσώπου (Isa 1:29; Jer 12:13; cf. Buttmann, § 147, 2)); followed by an infinitive (on which see Winer's Grammar, 346 (325)), Lk 16:3. (Compare: ἐπαισχύνω (ἐπαισχύνομαι, καταισχύνω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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