Quick Definition
I amashamedamputtoshame
Strong's Definition
to feel shame (for oneself)
Derivation: from (disfigurement, i.e. disgrace);
KJV Usage: be ashamed
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνω: (αἶσχος (cf. αἰσχρός));
1. to disfigure: πρόσωπον, Homer, Iliad 18, 24, and many others.
2. to dishonor: the Sept. Pro_29:15.
3. to suffuse with shame, make ashamed: Sir_13:7. In the N. T. only passive, αἰσχύνομαι; future αἰσχυνθήσομαι; 1 aorist ᾐσχύνθην; to be suffused with shame, be made ashamed, be ashamed: 2Co_10:8; Php_1:20; 1Pe_4:16; μή αἰσχυνθῶμεν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ that we may not in shame shrink from him, 1Jn_2:28 (Sir_21:22 αἰσχυνθήσεται ἀπό προσώπου (Isa_1:29; Jer_12:13; cf. Buttmann, § 147, 2)); followed by an infinitive (on which see Winer's Grammar, 346 (325)), Luk_16:3. (Compare: ἐπαισχύνω (ἐπαισχύνομαι, καταισχύνω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
not given
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνω
( <αἶσχος , shame),
[in LXX chiefly for αΜωΡΖϊ ;]
1. to dis\-figure ( Hom .).
2. to dishonour ( Pro_29:15 ).
3. to make ashamed ( Sir_13:7 ).
Pass ., to be put to shame, be ashamed: 2Co_10:8 ; Php_1:20 , 1Pe_4:16 , 1Jn_2:28 ; c . inf . ( M , Pr., 205), Luk_16:3 ( cf. ἐπ - (-ομαι ), κατ -αισχύνω ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἰσχύνομαι [page 15]
P Par 49 .25 (B.C. 164 58) ὁ δέ , φαίνεται , τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ἀσχοληθείς , ᾔσχυνται συμμεῖξαί μοι : we may either suppose φαίνεται parenthetical or emend ᾐσχύνθαι . Ib. .28 οὐκέτι ἥκει πρὸς ἐμὲ αἰσχυνθείς , Syll 802 .122 (iii/B.C., Epidaurus) αἰσχυνόμενος δ [ὲ ἅτε ] καταγελάμενος ὑπ [ὸ ]. τῶν ἄλλων . For the active (not in NT) see P Oxy III. 497 .4 (early ii/A.D.) αἰσχύνειν Θέωνα , P Gen. 21 11 , as quoted under αἰσχύνη .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνω
(αἶσχος, shame), [in LXX chiefly for בּוּשׁ ;]
__1. to disfigure (Hom.).
__2. to dishonour (Pro.29:15).
__3. to make ashamed (Sir.13:7). Pass., to be put to shame, be ashamed: 2Co.10:8; Php.1:20, 1Pe.4:16, 1Jn.2:28; with inf. (M, Pr., 205), Luk.16:3 (cf. ἐπ- (-ομαι), κατ- αἰσχύνω).
† (AS)