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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #153 - αἰσχύνομαι

Transliteration

aischýnomai

Phonetics

ahee-skhoo'-nom-ahee

Origin

from aischos (disfigurement, i.e. disgrace)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

1:189,29

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to disfigure
to dishonour
to suffuse with shame, make ashamed, be ashamed

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 887 ‑ בָּאַשׁ (baw‑ash'); 954 ‑ בּוֹשׁ (boosh); 2659 ‑ חָפַר (khaw‑fare'); 2731 ‑ חֲרָדָה (khar‑aw‑daw'); 2790 ‑ חָרֵשׁ (khaw‑rash'); 3637 ‑ כָּלַם (kaw‑lawm'); 3665 ‑ כָּנַע (kaw‑nah'); 5234 ‑ נָכַר (naw‑kar'); 5375 ‑ נָסָה (naw‑saw', naw‑saw'); 6181 ‑ עֶרְיָה (er‑yaw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 1

1 Peter 2

1 John 1

BSB (5)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Peter 1

1 John 1

CSB (5)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Peter 1

1 John 1

ESV (4)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Peter 1

1 John 1

KJV (7)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 1

1 Peter 2

1 John 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (12)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 3

Philippians 3

1 Peter 1

1 John 4

N95 (8)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 2

1 Peter 1

1 John 2

NAS (12)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 2

1 Peter 1

1 John 2

NLT (5)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 3

Philippians 3

1 Peter 3

1 John 1

WEB (7)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 2

Philippians 1

1 Peter 2

1 John 1

YLT (5)

Luke 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 1

1 Peter 1

1 John 1

ASV (7)

be ashamed 2

be put to shame 1

i am ashamed 1

i shall 1

let him 1

shall i be put to shame 1

BSB (5)

and too ashamed 1

do not be ashamed 1

i will in no way be ashamed 1

i will not be ashamed 1

unashamed 1

CSB (5)

ashamed 5

ESV (4)

ashamed 4

KJV (7)

ashamed 5

him 1

should 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (12)

ashamed 1

away 1

in 1

put 2

shame 4

shrink 1

to 2

N95 (8)

ashamed 2

put 2

shame 3

shrink 1

NAS (12)

ashamed 2

back 1

draw 1

in 1

put 2

shame 3

to 2

NLT (5)

ashamed 2

proud 1

shame 2

WEB (7)

be ashamed 2

be disappointed 1

i am ashamed 1

i will 1

let him 1

way be disappointed 1

YLT (5)

be ashamed 3

i am ashamed 1

i shall be ashamed 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

ANT

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

BEZ

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PPI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

BGB

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 1

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

BMT

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 1

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

BYZ

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

ELZ

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMD-3S 1

V-PMI-1S 1

NA26

V-1APSP 1

V-1FPIS 2

V-1PMIS 1

V-3PMDS 1

SBL

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

SCV

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

STV

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

TIS

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMI-1S 1

V-PMM-3S 1

TRG

V-APS-1P 1

V-FPI-1S 2

V-PMD-3S 1

V-PMI-1S 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Thayer's Expanded Definition

αἰσχύνω: (αἶσχος (cf. αἰσχρός));

1. to disfigure: πρόσωπον, Homer, Iliad 18, 24, and many others.

2. to dishonor: the Sept. Proverbs 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 Corinthians 10:8; Philippians 1:20; 1 Peter 4:16; μή αἰσχυνθῶμεν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ that we may not in shame shrink from him, 1 John 2:28 (Sir. 21:22 αἰσχυνθήσεται ἀπό προσώπου (Isaiah 1:29; Jeremiah 12:13; cf. Buttmann, § 147, 2)); followed by an infinitive (on which see Winer's Grammar, 346 (325)), Luke 16:3. (Compare: ἐπαισχύνω (ἐπαισχύνομαι, καταισχύνω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

αἰσχύνω

(<αἶσχος , shame),

[in LXX chiefly for בּשֶׁת ;]

1. to disfigure (Hom.).

2. to dishonour (Proverbs 29:15).

3. to make ashamed (Sirach 13:7).

Pass., to be put to shame, be ashamed: 2 Corinthians 10:8; Philippians 1:20, 1 Peter 4:16, 1 John 2:28; c. inf. (M, Pr., 205), Luke 16:3 (cf. ἐπ - (-ομαι ), κατ -αισχύνω ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Par 49.25 (B.C. 164–58) ὁ δέ, φαίνεται, τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ἀσχοληθείς, ᾔσχυνται συμμεῖξαί μοι : we may either suppose φαίνεται parenthetical or emend ᾐσχύνθαι. Ib..28 οὐκέτι ἥκει πρὸς ἐμὲ αἰσχυνθείς, Syll 802.122 (iii/B.C., Epidaurus) αἰσχυνόμενος δ [ὲ ἅτε ] καταγελάμενος ὑπ [ὸ ]. τῶν ἄλλων. For the active (not in NT) see P Oxy III. 497.4 (early ii/A.D.) αἰσχύνειν Θέωνα, P Gen. 2111, as quoted under αἰσχύνη.

List of Word Forms

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