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Modesty

αἰδώςStrong’s G0127

aidōs

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Aidōs is the Greek word usually translated “modesty”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;”
1 Timothy 2:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “modesty”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • modesty 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Timothy 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    αἰδώς aidōs · modesty

    αἰδώς (-όος), -οῦς, ἡ, [in LXX: 3Ma.1:19 4:5 * ;] a sense of shame, modesty: 1Ti.2:9 (for exx., see MM, VGT, see word).† SYN.: αἰσχύνη (see Thayer, 14; Tr., Syn., §xix; Cremer, 611 f.; CGT on I Ti, l.with). (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “modesty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    MOD'ESTY, noun

    [Latin modestia.]

    That lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance. This temper when natural, springs in some measure from timidity, and in young and inexperienced persons, is allied to bashfulness and diffidence. In persons who have seen the world, and lost their natural timidity, modesty springs no less from principle than from feeling, and is manifested by retiring, unobtrusive manners, assuming less to itself than others are willing to yield, and conceding to others all due honor and respect, or even more than they expect or require.

    1. modesty as an act or series of acts, consists in humble, unobtrusive deportment, as opposed to extreme boldness, forwardness, arrogance, presumption, audacity or impudence.
    2. Moderation; decency.
    3. In females, modesty has the like character as in males; but the word is used also as synonymous with chastity, or purity of manners.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.