adjective
aischrem
Greekαἰσχρός (aischros)
Strong’sG150
base, disgraceful
stem aischr-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
αἰσχρός, -ά, όν
(< αἶσχος, shame, disgrace), [in LXX: Ge 41:3 ff. (רַע, רֹעַ), Jth 12:12, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G150 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidahee-skhros'
shameful, i.e. base (specially, venal)
Fromfrom the same as G153;
King Jamesfilthy.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aischros | aischras | aischrem3×αἰσχρὸν | aischrois | aischrais | aischreim |
| object accusative | aischron | aischran | aischroin | aischrain | ||
| direct address vocative | aischror | aischrar | aischroir | aischrair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | aischrou | aischrau | aischreu1×αἰσχροῦ | aischroiu | aischraiu | aischreiu |
| to, for dative | aischro | aischra | aischre | aischroi | aischrai | aischrei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
aischr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
aischrem“shameful”subject or objectdirect singular3×
1 Corinthians 11:6“disgraceful”ei gar ouk katakaluptetō gunaikas, kai keiretar; ei de aischrem gunaika tem keirera ē xurera, katakaluptetōr.If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
1 Corinthians 14:35“shameful”ei de tinem mathara thelalō, en oiko toin idioin anēroin eperōtalōr, aischrem gar atō gunaika lalarō en ekklēsa.If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
Ephesians 5:12“shameful”teim gar krufē ginerōteim hupo autoiu aischrem atō kai legarō;For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
aischreu“dishonest”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Titus 1:11“dishonest”hoin datō epistomizarō, hotinois holoin oikoin anatrepalō didaskarōtois heim mē datō aischreu kerdeu charin.who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.