ἀσχημονέω
aschēmonéō · G807 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to act shamefully, indecent behavior, shameful deed
To act in defiance of social and moral standards, with resulting disgrace, embarrassment, and shame
Examples1 Corinthians 7:36 But if anyone thinks that he is acting dishonorably toward his virgin, if she is past her youth and it ought to be so, let him do what he wishes, he is not sinning; let them marry.
1 Corinthians 13:5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
How it’s used In 4 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
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon+ παρθένοςvirgin 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐnot 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- νομίζωto suppose, to think 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- αἰσχρότης aischrótēs · G151 · to act shamefully, indecent behavior, shameful deed
- Both terms describe shameful or indecent behavior, with αἰσχρότης denoting the abstract quality of shamefulness or obscenity itself, while ἀσχημονέω expresses the corresponding verbal action of behaving in an unbecoming or indecent manner. The relationship reflects the natural pairing of a behavioral concept with its verbal realization, though limited attestation restricts verification across varied contexts.
In the other Testament 1 word
- עֶרְיָה ʻeryâh · H6181 · naked, to uncover
- עֶרְיָה (ʻeryâh, H6181) denotes the state of physical nakedness or bareness itself, while ἀσχημονέω (aschēmonéō, G807) denotes the action of behaving in an unbecoming or shameful manner; the Greek verb captures the behavioral/ethical dimension of impropriety that nakedness contextually represents in shame-oriented passages.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To act shamefully, indecent behavior, shameful deed88.149
- Used of behaving in a dishonorable or improper manner, as of acting unbecomingly toward one's own interests in 1 Corinthians 7:36 and love that does not act unbecomingly in 1 Corinthians 13:5.
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσχημόνω; (to be ἀσχήμων, deformed; τήν κεφαλήν ἀσχημονεῖν, of a bald man, Aelian v. h.…
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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