Strong G808ἀσχημοσύνη
indecency
- Transliteration
- aschēmosunē
- Pronunciation
- as-kay-mos-oo'-nay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G809; an indecency; by implication the pudenda: - shame that which is unseemly.
Detailed definition
ἀσχημοσύνη, -ης, ή
(ἀσχήμων), [in LXX chiefly for עֶרְוָה;]
unseemliness: Rom.1:27 (MM, see word); euphemism for ἡ αἰσχύνη, as frequently in LXX, shame, nakedness: Rev.16:15.†
(AS)
(ἀσχήμων), [in LXX chiefly for עֶרְוָה;]
unseemliness: Rom.1:27 (MM, see word); euphemism for ἡ αἰσχύνη, as frequently in LXX, shame, nakedness: Rev.16:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G808 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be1
- shame1
First verses
- Romans 1:27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
- Revelation 16:15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσχημ-οσύνη, ἡ,
want of form, ἀ. καὶ ἀμορφία[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 190b15, compare 188b20, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 129.26.)]
2 ungracefulness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 196a, “R.” 401a)]; awkwardness, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 174c)]; disfigurement, τοῦ προσώπου, in playing on the flute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1341b5.)]
3 ἀ. φέρει brings discredit, disgrace, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1126b33.)]
II in moral sense, indecorum, obscene or disgraceful conduct, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rom.1.27: in _plural_, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.78, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 61.31.)]
III euphemistic for αἰδοῖον, [LXX (LXX.Lev.18.7, +others)]; for ἀπόπατος,[LXX (LXX.Deu.23.13(14).)]
want of form, ἀ. καὶ ἀμορφία[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 190b15, compare 188b20, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 129.26.)]
2 ungracefulness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 196a, “R.” 401a)]; awkwardness, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 174c)]; disfigurement, τοῦ προσώπου, in playing on the flute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1341b5.)]
3 ἀ. φέρει brings discredit, disgrace, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1126b33.)]
II in moral sense, indecorum, obscene or disgraceful conduct, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rom.1.27: in _plural_, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.78, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 61.31.)]
III euphemistic for αἰδοῖον, [LXX (LXX.Lev.18.7, +others)]; for ἀπόπατος,[LXX (LXX.Deu.23.13(14).)]