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Be ashamed of

ἐπαισχύνομαιStrong’s G1870

epaischunomai

Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament

In short

Epaischunomai is the Greek word usually translated “ashamed of”, “shall be ashamed of” and “may have been ashamed of”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.

“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.”
Mark 8:38 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “ashamed of”, “shall be ashamed of” and “may have been ashamed of”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will be ashamed of 2
  • shall be ashamed of 1
  • may have been ashamed of 1
  • i am ashamed of 1
  • you are ashamed 1
  • you may be ashamed of 1
  • i am ashamed 1
  • he was ashamed of 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 2 Timothy 3
  • Romans 2
  • Hebrews 2
  • Mark 1
  • Luke 1

5 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἐπαισχύνομαι epaischunomai · be ashamed of

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,† (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.