152. aischuné

Strong's Lexicon

aischuné: Shame, Disgrace

Original Word: αἰσχύνη
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: aischuné
Pronunciation: ahee-skhoo-nay
Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-skhoo'-nay)
Definition: Shame, Disgrace
Meaning: shame, shamefacedness, shameful deeds.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb αἰσχύνω (aischynō), meaning "to dishonor" or "to disgrace."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H1322 (בּוּשָׁה, bushah): Often translated as "shame" or "disgrace."

- H3639 (כְּלִמָּה, kelimmah): Meaning "reproach" or "disgrace."

Usage: The term "aischuné" refers to a state of shame or disgrace, often associated with a sense of dishonor or embarrassment. In the New Testament, it is used to describe both the internal feeling of shame and the external state of being disgraced. It can refer to moral shame due to sin or social disgrace due to public exposure.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, honor and shame were pivotal social values. Honor was a public acknowledgment of one's worth, while shame was a public acknowledgment of one's lack of worth. Shame could result from personal actions or from the actions of one's family or community. In Jewish culture, shame was also deeply connected to one's relationship with God, as sin brought spiritual disgrace.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as aischunó
Definition
shame
NASB Translation
disgrace (1), shame (5).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 152: αἰσχύνη

αἰσχύνη, (ης, ἡ (cf. αἰσχρός);

1. subjectively, the confusion of one who is ashamed of anything, sense of shame: μετ' αἰσχύνης suffused with shame, Luke 14:9; τά κρυπτά τῆς αἰσχύνης those things which shame conceals, opposed to φανέρωσις τῆς ἀληθείας, 2 Corinthians 4:2 (evil arts of which one ought to be ashamed).

2. objectively, ignominy: visited on one by the wicked, Hebrews 12:2; which ought to arise from guilt, Philippians 3:19 (opposed to δόξα).

3. a thing to be ashamed of: ἡ αἰσχύνη τῆς γυμνότητός (genitive of apposition) nakedness to be ashamed of, Revelation 3:18, cf. Revelation 16:15; plural (cf. Winer's Grammar, 176 (166)) αἱ αἰσχύναι basenesses, disgraces, shameful deeds, Jude 1:13. ((Aeschylus, Herodotus, others) Synonym: see αἰδώς, at the end.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dishonesty, shame.

From aischunomai; shame or disgrace (abstractly or concretely) -- dishonesty, shame.

see GREEK aischunomai

Forms and Transliterations

αισχυνας αισχύνας αἰσχύνας αισχυνη αισχύνη αἰσχύνη αἰσχύνῃ αισχύνην αισχυνης αισχύνης αἰσχύνης aischunas aischune aischunē aischunes aischunēs aischynas aischýnas aischyne aischynē aischýne aischýnē aischýnei aischýnēi aischynes aischynēs aischýnes aischýnēs

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 14:9 N-GFS
GRK: ἄρξῃ μετὰ αἰσχύνης τὸν ἔσχατον
NAS: and then in disgrace you proceed
KJV: with shame to take
INT: you begin with shame the last

2 Corinthians 4:2 N-GFS
GRK: κρυπτὰ τῆς αἰσχύνης μὴ περιπατοῦντες
NAS: the things hidden because of shame, not walking
KJV: the hidden things of dishonesty, not
INT: hidden things of shame not walking

Philippians 3:19 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ αἰσχύνῃ αὐτῶν οἱ
NAS: and [whose] glory is in their shame, who set their minds
KJV: [is] in their shame, who mind
INT: in the shame of them who

Hebrews 12:2 N-GFS
GRK: ὑπέμεινεν σταυρὸν αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας ἐν
NAS: despising the shame, and has sat down
KJV: despising the shame, and
INT: endured [the] cross [the] shame having despised at

Jude 1:13 N-AFP
GRK: τὰς ἑαυτῶν αἰσχύνας ἀστέρες πλανῆται
NAS: up their own shame like foam;
KJV: their own shame; wandering
INT: of themselves shames stars wandering

Revelation 3:18 N-NFS
GRK: φανερωθῇ ἡ αἰσχύνη τῆς γυμνότητός
NAS: that you may clothe yourself, and [that] the shame of your nakedness
KJV: and [that] the shame of thy
INT: might be made manifest the shame of the nakedness

Strong's Greek 152
6 Occurrences

αἰσχύνας — 1 Occ.
αἰσχύνῃ — 2 Occ.
αἰσχύνης — 3 Occ.