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To disgrace

παραδειγματίζωStrong’s G3856

paradeigmatizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Paradeigmatizō is the Greek word usually translated “subjecting to open shame”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”
Hebrews 6:6 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • subjecting to open shame 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    παραδειγματίζω paradeigmatizō · to disgrace

    παρα-δειγματίζω (δείκνυμι), [in LXX: Num.25:4 (יָקַע hi.), Jer.13:22 (חָמַס ni.), Eze.28:17 (רַאֲוָה), Est.4:17, Dan LXX 2:5 * ;] to set forth as an example; in bad sense, to put to open shame: Heb.6:6 (Polyb., Plut., al.).† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    DISGRACE, noun

    [dis and grace.]

    1. A state of being out of favor; disfavor; disesteem; as, the minister retired from court in disgrace
    2. State of ignominy; dishonor; shame.
    3. Cause of shame; as, to turn the back to the enemy is a foul disgrace; every vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
    4. Act of unkindness. [Not used.]
    All definitions and other forms of “disgrace”

      DISGRACE, verb transitive

      1. To put out of favor; as, the minister was disgraced.
      2. To bring a reproach on; to dishonor; as an agent.
      3. To bring to shame; to dishonor; to sink in estimation; as a cause; as, men often boast of actions which disgrace them.

      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.