noun · feminine
aschēmosunas
Greekἀσχημοσύνη (aschēmosunē)
Strong’sG808
unseemliness, shame, nakedness
stem aschēmosun-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀσχημοσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(< ἀσχήμων), [in LXX chiefly for עֶרְוָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G808 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidas-kay-mos-oo'-nay
an indecency; by implication, the pudenda
Fromfrom G809;
King Jamesshame, that which is unseemly.
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 | aschēmosunas | aschēmosunais |
| object accusative | aschēmosunan2×ἀσχημοσύνην | aschēmosunain |
| direct address vocative | aschēmosunar | aschēmosunair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aschēmosunau | aschēmosunaiu |
| to, for dative | aschēmosuna | aschēmosunai |
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
aschēmosuna 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
aschēmosunan“shame”objectaccusative singular2×
Romans 1:27“shameless acts”homoiōs tē kai tois arsēnois afiēkaratois tan fusikan chrēsian tau thēluau ekkaiila en ta orexia autoiu eis allēloin, arsēnois en arsēnoi tan aschēmosunan katergazerōtois kai tan antimisthian han date tau planau autoiu en heautoi apolambarōtois.Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Revelation 16:15“shame”Idou erchemō hōs kleptos. makarios tos grēgorarōtos kai tērarōtos teim himatieim autou, hina mē gumnos peripatateiō kai blepaleiō tan aschēmosunan autou“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”