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Strong G2617καταισχύνω

to dishonor

Transliteration
kataischunō
Pronunciation
kat-ahee-skhoo'-no
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and G153; to shame down that is disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush: - confound dishonour (be a- make a-) shame (-d).

Detailed definition

κατ-αισχύνω
[in LXX chiefly for בּוּשׁ;]
to disgrace, dishonour, put to shame: with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.11:4-5; with accusative of person(s), 1Co.1:27 11:22; pass., to be ashamed: Luk.13:17, 2Co.7:14 9:4, 1Pe.3:16; as in LXX (Psa.22:6 25:2-3, al.), of unfulfilled hopes: Rom.5:5; pass., Rom.9:33 10:11, 1Pe.2:6" (LXX).†
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In the Bible

Strong G2617 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ashamed7
  • shall3
  • confound2
  • dishonoureth2
  • be1
  • maketh1
  • shame1

First verses

  1. Luke 13:17
    And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
  2. Romans 5:5
    And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
  3. Romans 9:33
    As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
  4. Romans 10:11
    For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:27
    But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
  6. 1 Corinthians 11:4
    Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
  7. 1 Corinthians 11:5
    But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
  8. 1 Corinthians 11:22
    What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
  9. 2 Corinthians 7:14
    For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
  10. 2 Corinthians 9:4
    Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
  11. 1 Peter 2:6
    Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
  12. 1 Peter 3:16
    Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταισχύν-ω,
future -αισχῠνῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author = 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus] “Th.” 546)]:—dishonour, put to shame, μή τι καταισχύνειν πατέρων γένος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.508; καταισχύνητέ τε δαῖτα 16.293; τὰ πρόσθε ἐργασμένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.53, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 996, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.101, etc.)]; τὴν σὴν οὐ κ. φύσιν I put not thy nature to shame, i.e. show myself not unworthy of thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 609; κ. τὸ Τρωϊκὸν κλέος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 845; τὸ γένος οὐ καταισχυνῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1451; κ. τὴν πατρίδα [prev. author] “Nu.” 1220; τοὺς προγόνους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 187a; ὑποσχέσεις [prev. author] “Smp.” 183e; τὰς εὐγενείας ταῖς αὑτῶν.. κακίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.76, etc.)]
2 dishonour a woman, ἀλλοτρίας γυναῖκας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.49)]; also of a male, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.79.)]
3 ὁ μέλλων Χρόνος ἐμὸν καταίσχυνε.. Χρέος covered me with dishonour in that my debt remained unpaid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).8.)]
4 ={καταχέζειν},{Χαίτην} [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 82.8.)]
II middle, feel shame before, θεούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1382, compare “OT” 1424)]: —aorist passive, καταισχυνθέντες τὴν ἀρετὴν αὐτῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.97)]: with infinitive, to be ashamed to.., ἰητρεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 42)]; καταισχυνθῆναι.. ὅπως μὴ δόξει.. to be ashamed of being thought.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.13.)]