G808: ἀσχημοσύνη
aschēmosýnē · “indecency”
Definition
an indecency; by implication, the pudenda
KJV translates it as: shame, that which is unseemly
Word origin: from G809 (ἀσχήμων);
Extended definition
ἀσχημοσύνη, -ης, ή
(ἀσχήμων), [in LXX chiefly for עֶרְוָה ;]
unseemliness: Rom.1:27 (MM, see word); euphemism for ἡ αἰσχύνη, as frequently in LXX, shame, nakedness: Rev.16:15.†
(AS)
(ἀσχήμων), [in LXX chiefly for עֶרְוָה ;]
unseemliness: Rom.1:27 (MM, see word); euphemism for ἡ αἰσχύνη, as frequently in LXX, shame, nakedness: Rev.16:15.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G808 is translated
- shame ×2
Bible verses with G808 (aschēmosýnē)
Aschēmosýnē appears in 2 verses.
- Romans 1:27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
- Revelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.