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Strong G1870ἐπαισχύνομαι

be ashamed of

Transliteration
epaischunomai
Pronunciation
ep-ahee-skhoo'-nom-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1909 and G153; to feel shame for something: - be ashamed.

Detailed definition

ἐπ-αισχύνομαι
[in LXX: Job.34:19 (נָשָׂא), Psa.119:6 (בּוּשׁ), Isa.1:29 A (חָפֵר) *;]
to be ashamed (of): absol., 2Ti.1:12; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.8:38, Luk.9:26; with accusative of thing(s), Rom.1:16, 2Ti.1:8 1:16; ἐπί, with dative of thing(s), Rom.6:21; with inf., Heb.2:11; with, accusative of person(s), and inf., Heb.11:16,†
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In the Bible

Strong G1870 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ashamed9
  • be5
  • shall2
  • thou1
  • ye1

First verses

  1. Mark 8:38
    Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  2. Luke 9:26
    For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
  3. Romans 1:16
    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  4. Romans 6:21
    What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
  5. 2 Timothy 1:8
    Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
  6. 2 Timothy 1:12
    For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
  7. 2 Timothy 1:16
    The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
  8. Hebrews 2:11
    For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  9. Hebrews 11:16
    But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπαισχ-ύνομαι,
future -αισχυνθήσομαι, to be ashamed at or of, τῷ οὐνόματι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.143)]; τινά or τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 247c)]: with infinitive, to be ashamed to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1373)]: with participle, to be ashamed of doing or having done a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1307, “Ph.” 929, etc.)]: absolutely, feel shame, show a sense of shame, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 573b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 625.)]
II late in active, make ugly, mar, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 20.61, 42.421.)]