ἐπαισχύνομαι epaischunomai · G1870
be ashamed of
ἐπ-αισχύνομαι ; [in LXX: Job.34:19 (נָשָׂא), Psa.119:6 (בּוּשׁ), Isa.1:29 A (חָפֵר) * ; ] ; to be ashamed (of): absol., 2Ti.1:12; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.8:38, Luk.9:26; with accusative of thing(s), Rom.1:16, 2Ti.1:8 1:16; ἐπί, with dative of thing(s), Rom.6:21; with inf., Heb.2:11; with, accusative of person(s), and inf., Heb.11:16,†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἐπαισχ-ύνομαι, ; future -αισχυνθήσομαι, to be ashamed at or of, τῷ οὐνόματι []; τινά or τι, []: with infinitive, to be ashamed to do, []: with participle, to be ashamed of doing or having done a thing, []: absolutely, feel shame, show a sense of shame, []; II late in active, make ugly, mar, []
Where it's used 11 times
Mark 8:38 · Luke 9:26 · Romans 1:16 · Romans 6:21 · 2 Timothy 1:8 · 2 Timothy 1:12 · 2 Timothy 1:16 · Hebrews 2:11 · Hebrews 11:16 … and 2 more
Source: TBESG G1870; TFLSJ G1870
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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