noun · feminine
aischunas
Strong’sG152
shame
stem aischun-6 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
αἰσχύνη, -ης, ἡ
(< αἶσχος, shame, disgrace), [in LXX chiefly for בּשֶׁת;]
SYN.: αἰδώς, q.v.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G152 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidahee-skhoo'-nay
shame or disgrace (abstractly or concretely)
Fromfrom G153;
King Jamesdishonesty, shame.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
shame, dishonour, ἐς αἰσχύνην φέρειRefs 5th c.BC+; αἰσχύνην φέρει, ἔχει, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἰ. περιίσταταί με, συμβαίνει μοι, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 αἰ. γυναικῶν dishonouring of women, Refs 5th c.BC+; γράφεσθαί τινα γένους αἰσχύνης for dishonour done to his race, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 concrete, of a person, αἰ. φίλοις, πάτρᾳ, Refs 6th c.BC+; of a decree, Refs
II shame for an ill deed, personified in Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 like{αἰδώς}, sense of shame, honour, πᾶσαν αἰ. ἀφείςRefs 5th c.BC+; δι᾽ αἰσχύνης ἔχειν τι to be ashamed of, Refs; αἰσχύνην ἔχειν τινός for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; joined with δέος, Refs 5th c.BC+; with ἔλεος and αἰδώς, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν αἰσχύναις ἔχω I hold it a shameful thing, Refs 5th c.BC+
III later ={αἰδοῖον}, Refs 5th c.BC+; compare τὴν τοῦ σώματος αἰ. Alcid.ap Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aischunas1×αἰσχύνη | aischunais |
| object accusative | aischunan | aischunain1×αἰσχύνας |
| direct address vocative | aischunar | aischunair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aischunau3×αἰσχύνης | aischunaiu |
| to, for dative | aischuna1×αἰσχύνῃ | aischunai |
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
aischuna 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
aischunas“shame”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 3:18“shame”… hina peribaleseia kai mē faneriteia tas aischunas tau gumnotau su, kai kollouriem enchriara …… white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes …
aischunau“shame”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Luke 14:9“shame”… houto topon, kai tote archesi meta aischunau ton eschaton topon katecharō.Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
2 Corinthians 4:2alla apeiponena teim krupteim tau aischunau, mē peripatarōntois en panourgia mēde dolarōntois …Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit …
Hebrews 12:2… tau prokeiorōntau auto charau hupomenata stauron aischunau katafronarantos, en dexa tē tou thronou …… Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right …
aischuna“shame”to, fordative singular1×
Philippians 3:19… koilias kai tas doxas en ta aischuna autoiu, tois teim epigeieim fronarōntois.… and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly …
aischunain“shame”objectaccusative plural1×
Jude 1:13kumeim agrieim thalassau epafrizarōnteim tain heauteiu aischunain, asterois planētois hoi tos zofos teu …… the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness …