adjective

aschēmōnem

Greekἀσχήμων (aschēmōn)

Strong’sG809

unseemly, indecent

stem aschēmōn-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unpresentable1×

What it means

ἀσχήμων, -ον

(< ἀ- neg., σχῆμα), [in LXX: Ge 34:7 (נְבָלָה), De 24:1 (עֶרְוָה), Wi 2:20, Da TH Sus 63, II Mac 9:2*;]

1. shapeless.

2. uncomely, unseemly: I Co 12:23.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G809 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidas-kay'-mone

properly, shapeless, i.e. (figuratively) inelegant

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2192 (in the sense of its congener G4976);

King Jamesuncomely.

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	aschēmōnos	aschēmōnas	aschēmōnem	aschēmōnois	aschēmōnais	aschēmōneim1×ἀσχήμονα
object accusative	aschēmōnon	aschēmōnan		aschēmōnoin	aschēmōnain
direct address vocative	aschēmōnor	aschēmōnar		aschēmōnoir	aschēmōnair
of, belonging to genitive	aschēmōnou	aschēmōnau	aschēmōneu	aschēmōnoiu	aschēmōnaiu	aschēmōneiu
to, for dative	aschēmōno	aschēmōna	aschēmōne	aschēmōnoi	aschēmōnai	aschēmōnei

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

aschēmōnstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

aschēmōn 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

aschēmōneim“unpresentable”subject or objectdirect plural1×

1 Corinthians 12:23“unpresentable”kai heim dokanō atimotereim arō teu sōmeu, houtei timan perissoteran peritithanō, kai teim aschēmōneim nu euschēmosunan perissoteran echatō,and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,