UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: αἰσχύνη; -ης

Related lemmas: αἰσχύνομαι

Sense 1: shame, disgrace

Semantic entry: 25.189

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Shame, Disgrace, Humiliation

Definition: a painful feeling due to the consciousness of having done or experienced something disgraceful

Notes: In some languages ‘shame’ may be referred to by a descriptive expression, for example, ‘the feeling of being caught doing something bad’ or ‘the feeling of being seen while sinning.’ In other languages ‘shame’ is expressed idiomatically as ‘to hang the head’ or ‘to turn away the eyes’ or ‘to hide from people’s stares.’

LUK 14:9: RV LUK 14:9 · LV LUK 14:9 · Read together LUK 14:9

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OET-RV LUK 14:9

9 and then your host might come over to you and ask you to let the other guest sit where you were, and then you might end up humiliated at the bottom of the table.

OET-LV LUK 14:9

9 and having _come, the one having _invited you and him he _will _be _saying to _you:
Give to _this one your_place, and then you _may _begin to _be _keeping the last place with shame.

HEB 12:2: RV HEB 12:2 · LV HEB 12:2 · Read together HEB 12:2

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2 with our eyes on Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus), the originator and perfecter of our faith, who endured execution on a stake and disregarded the shame of that event for the satisfaction that he’d gain. Now he’s seated there in the seat of honour beside God’s throne.

OET-LV HEB 12:2

2 looking _out to the of _our faith originator and perfecter, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), who for the lying _before before _him joy, endured the_stake, of_its_shame having _despised:
at and of _the throne of_ the _god the_right hand has _sat _down.

Sense 2: that which causes shame

Semantic entry: 25.191

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Shame, Disgrace, Humiliation

Definition: that which is or should be the source of shame or disgrace

CO2 4:2: RV CO2 4:2 · LV CO2 4:2 · Read together CO2 4:2

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OET-RV CO2 4:2

2 but rather, we have renounced any shameful things that were hidden and continue our spiritual journey. Avoiding deception and taking care not to distort God’s message, we present the truth clearly even as we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

OET-LV CO2 4:2

2 But we _renounced the hidden things of_ the _shame, neither walking in craftiness, nor falsifying the message of_ the _god, but the by _manifestation of _the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of _people before the god.

PHP 3:19: RV PHP 3:19 · LV PHP 3:19 · Read together PHP 3:19

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19 and their end is destruction. Their god is their belly, and they take pride in their shame—they’re only thinking about earthly things.

OET-LV PHP 3:19

19 whose the end is destruction, of _whose the god is their belly, and their glory is in the shame of _them, the ones the earthly things thinking.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: RV CO2 4:2 · LV CO2 4:2 · Read together CO2 4:2

PHP: RV PHP 3:19 · LV PHP 3:19 · Read together PHP 3:19

REV: RV REV 3:18 · LV REV 3:18 · Read together REV 3:18

Sense 3: to act shamefully, indecent behavior, shameful deed

Semantic entry: 88.149

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Act Shamefully

Definition: to act in defiance of social and moral standards, with resulting disgrace, embarrassment, and shame

Notes: Behavior involving disgrace, embarrassment, and shame is often expressed in an idiomatic manner, for example, ‘to bury one’s face,’ ‘to hide one’s eyes,’ or ‘to feel stabbed by people’s eyes.’ Since shame is seemingly a universal type of feeling, there is usually no difficulty involved in obtaining a satisfactory equivalent.

JDE 1:13: RV JDE 1:13 · LV JDE 1:13 · Read together JDE 1:13

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13 like wild waves in the ocean that foam in their own shame or like unreliable wandering stars that are already doomed to the darkest darkness in the next age.

OET-LV JDE 1:13

13 wild waves of_the_sea foaming _out the shame of _themselves, wandering stars, to _whom the darkness of_ the _darkness has _been _kept to the_age.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

αἰσχύνη

Form 1

Sense 1: shame, disgrace

Sense 2: that which causes shame

Sense 3: to act shamefully, indecent behavior, shameful deed