σωρεύω (sōreύō) — to cause to be ashamed / to make ashamed / to be given over to doing

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to cause to be ashamed, to make ashamed

Semantic entry: 25.199

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Shame, Disgrace, Humiliation

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to heap coals of fire on the head, but the historical background of this idiom is not known, and hence to some extent the meaning is uncertain) to treat someone in such a positive manner as to cause that person to be ashamed or embarrassed

Collocations: σωρεύω ἄνθρακας πυρὸς ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν

Show passage in OET: ROM 12:20

OET-RV ROM 12:20

20 But if your enemies are hungry, then feed them, and if they’re thirsty, then give them a drink, because you’ll be leaving them to their own shame and judgement.

OET-LV ROM 12:20

20 But if may _be _hungering the enemy of _you, be _feeding him, if he _may _be _thirsting, be _giving _to _drink him, because/for this doing, charcoal of _fire you _will _be _heaping on the head of _him.

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Sense 2: to be given over to doing, to be fully engaged in

Semantic entry: 68.76

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Do Intensely or Extensively

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of σωρεύω ‘to heap up’; see 25.199: σωρεύω) to be engaged intensively and extensively in some activity

Notes: It is possible to interpret the usage of σωρεύομαι in OET TI2 3:6 as referring to a state of being ‘burdened by sins’ or ‘burdened by the guilt of sin.’

Forms: σωρεύομαι

Show passage in OET: TI2 3:6

OET-RV TI2 3:6

6 Some of these will quietly enter houses and captivate gullible women. Despite being known for their sins, they’re led by various lusts—

OET-LV TI2 3:6

6 For/Because out _of these, are the ones slipping _in into the houses, and making_ silly _women _captive, having _been _heaped with _sins, being _led by_ various _lusts,

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σωρεύω

Form 1

Sense 1: to cause to be ashamed, to make ashamed

Sense 2: to be given over to doing, to be fully engaged in