Strong's Lexicon
G1870 — ἐπαισχύνομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1870 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπαισχύνομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1909 and G153 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | epaischunomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ai-skhoo'-nom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to feel shame for something |
| KJV Renderings: | be ashamed |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπαισχύνομαι; future ἐπαισχυνθήσομαι; 1 aorist ἐπησχυνθην, and with neglect of augment ἐπαισχυνθην (2Ti 1:16 L T Tr WH; cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 161); Buttmann, 34 (30); (Winers Grammar, § 12 at the end)); from Aeschylus down; to be ashamed (ἐπί on account of (cf. Isa 1:29 Alex.; Ellicott on 2Ti 1:8); see αἰσχύνω): absolutely, 2Ti 1:12; τινα (on the accusative, cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 32, 1 b. α.; Buttmann, 192 (166)), of a person, Mar 8:38; Luk 9:26; τί, of a thing, Rom 1:16; 2Ti 1:8; 2Ti 1:16; ἐπί τίνι, the dative of a thing, Rom 6:21; followed by the infinitive Heb 2:11; with the accusative of a person and the infinitive of a thing, Heb 11:16. (Twice in the Sept.: Isa 1:29 (Alex.); Job 34:19.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπαισχύνομαι (be ashamed)
Mark 8:38
- KJV: 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
- GK: ος γαρ αν επαισχυνθή με και τους εμούς λόγους εν τη γενεά ταύτη τη μοιχαλίδι και αμαρτωλώ και ο υιός του ανθρώπου επαισχυνθήσεται αυτόν όταν έλθη εν τη δόξη του πατρός αυτού μετά των αγγέλων των αγίων
Luke 9:26
- KJV: For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his own glory and Father’s and of the holy angels
- GK: ος γαρ αν επαισχυνθή με και τους εμούς λόγους τούτον ο υιός του ανθρώπου επαισχυνθήσεται όταν έλθη εν τη δόξη αυτού και του πατρός και των αγίων αγγέλων
Romans 1:16
- KJV: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth to the Jew first and also to the Greek
- GK: ου γαρ επαισχύνομαι το ευαγγέλιον του χριστού δύναμις γαρ θεού εστιν εις σωτηρίαν παντί τω πιστεύοντι Ιουδαίω τε πρώτον και Έλληνι
Romans 6:21
- KJV: What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed for the end of those things death
- GK: τίνα ουν καρπόν είχετε τότε εφ οις νυν επαισχύνεσθε το γαρ τέλος εκείνων θάνατος
2 Timothy 1:8
- KJV: not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God
- GK: μη ουν επαισχυνθής το μαρτύριον του κυρίου ημών μηδέ εμέ τον δέσμιον αυτού αλλά συγκακοπάθησον τω ευαγγελίω κατά δύναμιν θεού
2 Timothy 1:12
- KJV: For the which I also these things nevertheless I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed against that day
- GK: δι΄ ην αιτίαν και ταύτα πάσχω αλλ΄ ουκ επαισχύνομαι οίδα γαρ ω πεπίστευκα και πέπεισμαι ότι δυνατός εστι την παρακαταθήκην μου φυλάξαι εις εκείνην την ημέραν
2 Timothy 1:16
- KJV: The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain
- GK: δώη έλεος ο κύριος τω Ονησιφόρου οίκω ότι πολλάκις με ανέψυξε και την άλυσίν μου ουκ επαισχύνθη
Hebrews 2:11
- KJV: For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified all of one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren
- GK: ο τε γαρ αγιάζων και οι αγιαζόμενοι εξ ενός πάντες δι΄ ην αιτίαν ουκ επαισχύνεται αδελφούς αυτούς καλείν
Hebrews 11:16
- KJV: But now they desire a better that is an heavenly wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God for he hath prepared for them a city
- GK: νυν δε κρείττονος ορέγονται τουτ΄ επουρανίου διό ουκ επαισχύνεται αυτούς ο θεός θεός επικαλείσθαι αυτών ητοίμασε γαρ αυτοίς πόλιν
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