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Strong's #809 - ἀσχήμων
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- deformed
- indecent, unseemly
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ἀσχήμ-ων, ον,
gen. ονος, (σχῆμα)
I misshapen, ugly, Hp. Art. 27, Procl. in Prm. p.624S.
II
1. unseemly, shameful, E. Hel. 299, Pl. Phlb. 46a, Arist. Pol. 1336b14, etc.
2. of persons, ἀ. γενέσθαι to be indecorous, Hdt. 7.160; ἀσχημονέστερος Arist. EN 1127b13.
III Adv. -νως J. BJ 2.12.1, Phld. Sign. 29: Sup. -έστατα very meanly, Pl. Lg. 959d.
ἀσχήμων, ἀσχημονος, neuter ἄσχημον (σχῆμα);
a. deformed.
b. indecent, unseemly: 1 Corinthians 12:23, opposed to εὐσχήμων. ((Herodotus), Xenophon, Plato, and subsequent writings.)
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ἀσχήμων , -ον
(< ἀ - neg., σχῆμα ),
[in LXX: Genesis 34:7 (H5039), Deuteronomy 24:1 (H6172), Wisdom of Solomon 2:20, Da TH Sus 1:63, 2 Maccabees 9:2 *;]
1. shapeless.
2. uncomely, unseemly: 1 Corinthians 12:23.†
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Syll 653.4 (B.C. 91) μηθὲν ἄσχημον μηδὲ ἄδικον ποιήσειν . A ";late form"; of the adj. (LS, who quote Polemo, a writer of ii/A.D.) is found in P Ryl II. 144.18 (A.D. 38) παρεχρήσατό μοι πολλὰ καὶ ἄσχημα , ";subjected me to much shameful mishandling"; (Edd.). The ordinary form occurs in another petition of the same group, ib. 150.11 (A.D. 40–1) ἐκακολόγησεν πολλὰ καὶ ἀ [σ ]χήμονα . So Vettius Valens p. 62.16 ἀτυχεῖς καὶ ἀσχήμονας .
[Supplemental from 1930 edition]
See the introd. to PSI VI. 577.
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