Shameful
αἰσχρόνStrong’s G0150aischron
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Aischron is the Greek word usually translated “shameful” and “disgraceful”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shameful” and “disgraceful”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- shameful 2
- disgraceful 1
- of shameful 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Ephesians 1
- Titus 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 11:6For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
- 1 Corinthians 14:35And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
- Ephesians 5:12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Greek dictionary
αἰσχρόν aischron · shameful
αἰσχρός, -ά, όν (αἶσχος, shame, disgrace), [in LXX: Gen.41:3 ff. (רַע, רֹעַ), Jdth.12:12, al. ;] base, shameful: 1Co.11:6 14:35, Eph.5:12, Tit.1:11 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.