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Strong's #2617 - καταισχύνω
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- to dishonour, disgrace
- to put to shame, make ashamed
- to be ashamed, blush with shame
- one is said to be put to shame who suffers a repulse, or whom some hope has deceived
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καταισχύν-ω,
fut. -αισχῠνῶ Id. Th. 546: —
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1. dishonour, put to shame, μή τι καταισχύνειν πατέρων γένος Od. 24.508; καταισχύνητέ τε δαῖτα 16.293; τὰ πρόσθε ἐργασμένα Hdt. 7.53, cf. A. Supp. 996, D. 18.101, etc.; τὴν σὴν οὐ κ. φύσιν I put not thy nature to shame, i.e. show myself not unworthy of thee, S. El. 609; κ. τὸ Τρωϊκὸν κλέος E. Hel. 845; τὸ γένος οὐ καταισχυνῶ Ar. Av. 1451; κ. τὴν πατρίδα Id. Nu. 1220; τοὺς προγόνους Pl. La. 187a; ὑποσχέσεις Id. Smp. 183e; τὰς εὐγενείας ταῖς αὑτῶν.. κακίαις Isoc. 7.76, etc.
2. dishonour a woman, ἀλλοτρίας γυναῖκας Lys. 1.49; also of a male, D. 45.79.
3. ὁ μέλλων Χρόνος ἐμὸν καταίσχυνε.. Χρέος covered me with dishonour in that my debt remained unpaid, Pi. O. 10(11).8.
4. = καταχέζειν, Χαίτην Babr. 82.8.
II Med., feel shame before, θεούς S. Ph. 1382, cf. OT 1424: — aor. Pass., καταισχυνθέντες τὴν ἀρετὴν αὐτῶν Isoc. 4.97: c. inf., to be ashamed to.., ἰητρεύειν Hp. Art. 42; καταισχυνθῆναι.. ὅπως μὴ δόξει.. to be ashamed of being thought.., Th. 6.13.
καταισχύνω; passive, imperfect κατησχυνομην; 1 aorist κατῃσχύνθην; future καταισχυνθήσομαι; the Sept. chiefly for הֵבִישׁ and הֹבִישׁ; as in Greek writings from Homer down;
1. to dishonor, disgrace: τήν κεφαλήν, 1 Corinthians 11:4f (σποδῷ τήν κεφαλήν, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 4, 2).
2. to put to shame, make ashamed: τινα 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 11:22; passive to be ashamed, blush with shame: Luke 13:17; 2 Corinthians 7:14; 2 Corinthians 9:4: 1 Peter 3:16; by a Hebrew usage one is said to be put to shame who suffers a repulse, or whom some hope has deceived; hence, ἐλπίς οὐ καταισχύνει, does not disappoint: Romans 5:5 (cf. Psalm 21:6
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κατ -αισχύνω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H954;]
to disgrace, dishonour, put to shame: c. acc rei, 1 Corinthians 11:4-5; c. acc pers., 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 11:22; pass., to be ashamed: Luke 13:17, 2 Corinthians 7:14; 2 Corinthians 9:4, 1 Peter 3:16; as in LXX (Psalms 22:6; Psalms 25:2-3, al.), of unfulfilled hopes: Romans 5:5; pass., Romans 9:33; Romans 10:11, 1 Peter 2:6 (LXX).†
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For the usage of this verb in 1 Corinthians 11:4 f. we may perhaps cite Babrius lxxxii. 8 χαίτην (";hair";) δ᾽ ἔμελλε τὴν ἐμὴν καταισχύνειν.
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