noun · feminine
aischrotas
Greekαἰσχρότης (aischrotēs)
Strong’sG151
obscenity, indecency, baseness
stem aischrot-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* αἰσχρότης, -τητος, ἡ
(< αἰσχρός),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G151 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidahee-skhrot'-ace
shamefulness, i.e. obscenity
Fromfrom G150;
King Jamesfilthiness.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aischrotas1×αἰσχρότης | aischrotais |
| object accusative | aischrotan | aischrotain |
| direct address vocative | aischrotar | aischrotair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aischrotau | aischrotaiu |
| to, for dative | aischrota | aischrotai |
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
aischrota 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
aischrotas“filthiness”subjectnominative singular1×
Ephesians 5:4“filthiness”kai aischrotas kai mōrologias ē eutrapelias, heim ouk anēkate, alla mallon eucharistias.Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.