Strong G335ἀναίδεια

shamelessnes

Transliteration
anaideia
Pronunciation
an-ah'ee-die-ah'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From a compound of G1 (as a negative particle (compare G427)) and G127; impudence that is (by implication) importunity: - importunity.

Detailed definition

ἀναιδία (Rec. -εία, as in cl.), -ας, ἡ
(αἰδώς), [in LXX: Sir.25:22 *;]
shamelessness, importunity: Luk.11:8 (for exx. from π., see MM, VGT, see word).†
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In the Bible

Strong G335 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • importunity1
  • of1

First verses

  1. Luke 11:8
    I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναίδεια,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἀναιδεία; Attic dialect also ἀναιδείᾱ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 226)], poetry ἀναιδία [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.453)]:— shamelessness, ἀναιδείην ἐπιειμένε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.149; ἀναιδείης ἐπιβῆναι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.424; ἡ γαστὴρ φρένας παρήγαγεν εἰς ἀναιδείην 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 78; ἀναιδείῃ διαχρεώμενοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.210, compare 6.129; ἀναιδείας πλέα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 607)]; μετ᾽ ἀναιδείας, ={ἀναιδῶς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254d; εἰς τοῦθ᾽ ἧκεν ἀναιδείας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.22.)]
II in the Areopagus, λίθος ἀναιδείας was the stone of unforgivingness, on which stood an accuser who demanded the full penalty of the law against one accused of homicide (see. αἰδέομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (11.3), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.28.5)]; compare ὕβρις.