aischunē (shame)

Meaning

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

How it's translated

shame 5
of shame 1

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

Where it's used most

Luke 1
2 Corinthians 1
Philippians 1
Hebrews 1
Jude 1
Revelation 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Luke 14:9And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Philippians 3:19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Greek dictionary

αἰσχύνη aischunē · shame

αἰσχύνη, -ης, ἡ (αἶσχος, shame, disgrace), [in LXX chiefly for בּשֶׁת ;] shame (MM, VGT, see word): subjectively, Luk.14:19, 2Co.4:2; objectively, Php.3:19, Heb.12:2; as something to be ashamed of, Rev.3:18; pl. (Bl., §32, 6), shameful deeds, Ju 13.† SYN.: αἰδώς, which see (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

SHAME, noun

A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt, or of having done something which injures reputation; or by of that which nature nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others.
Reproach; ignominy; derision; contempt.“Ye have born the shame of the heathen” Ezekiel 36:6
The parts which modesty requires to be covered.

All definitions and other forms of “shame”

Dishonor; disgrace.

SHAME, verb transitive

To make ashamed; to excite a consciousness of guilt or of doing something derogatory to reputation; to cause to blush.“I write not these things to shame you” 1 Corinthians 4:14
To disgrace.
To mock at.“Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor” Psalms 14:6

SHAME, verb intransitive

To be ashamed.

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