Quick Definition
αἰσχύνομαι v. I am ashamed, am put to shame
Strong's Definition
from aischos (disfigurement, i.e. disgrace); to feel shame (for oneself)
KJV Usage: be ashamed
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | αἰσχροκερδής · αἰσχροκερδῶς · αἰσχρολογία · αἰσχρός · αἰσχρότης · αἰσχύνη · ἀνεπαίσχυντος · ἐπαισχύνομαι
25.190 · (αἰσχύνομαι) · Attitudes and Emotions · Shame, Disgrace, Humiliation
to be ashamed, to feel disgraced (derivative of αἰσχύνη[a] ‘shame,’ 25.189) to feel shame or disgrace because of having done something wrong or something beneath one’s dignity or social status
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνω: (αἶσχος [cf. αἰσχρός); 1. to disfigure: πρόσωπον, Hom. Il. 18, 24, and many others. 2. to dishonor: Sept. Prov. xxix. 15. 3. to suffuse with shame, make ashamed: Sir. xiii. 7. In the N. T. only pass., αἰσχύνομαι: fut. αἰσχυνθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἠσχύνθην; to be suffused with shame, be made ashamed, be ashamed : 2 Co. x. 8; Phil. i. 20; 1 Pet. iv. 16; μὴ αἰσχυνθῶμεν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ that we may not in shame shrink from him, 1 Jn. ii. 28 (Sir. xxi. 22 αἰσχυνθήσεται ἀπὸ προσώπου [Is. i. 29; Jer. xii. 13; cf. B. § 147, 2]); foil. by inf. (on which see W. 346 (325)), Lk. xvi. 8. [Comp.: ἐπ(μαι), κατ-αισχύνω.}
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνω
(< αἶσχος, shame), [in LXX chiefly for בּוּשׁ;]
to disfigure (Hom.).
to dishonour (Pr 29:15).
to make ashamed (Si 13:7). Pass., to be put to shame, be ashamed: II Co 10:8; Phl 1:20, I Pe 4:16, I Jo 2:28; c. inf. (M, Pr., 205), Lk 16:3 (cf. ἐπ- (-ομαι), κατ-αἰσχύνω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἰσχύνομαι. P Par 4955 (B.C. 164-58) ὁ δέ, φαίνεται, τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ἀσχοληθείς, ἤσχυνται συμμεῖξαί por: we may either suppose φαίνεται parenthetical or emend ἠσχύνθαι. Zi. 38 οὐκέτι ἥκει πρὸς ἐμὲ αἰσχυνθείς, Sy// 80212 (iii/p.c., Epidaurus) αἰσχυνόμενος S[& ἅτε] καταγελάμενος tm[d] τῶν ἄλλων. For the active (not in NT) see P Oxy III. 4974 (early ii/A.D.) αἰσχύνειν Θέωνα, P Gen 2111, as quoted under αἰσχύνη.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
αἰσχύνω (aischunō) — be ashamed. αἰσχύνω [ῡ]: Ionic dialect imperfect αἰσχύνεσκε (κατ-) [Refs 4th c.AD+]: future -ῠνῶ[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect -υνέω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ᾔσχῡνα[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect σχυγκα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, future αἰσχῠνοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ᾐσχύνθην[Refs 5th c.BC+] and Attic dialect, poetry infinitive αἰσχυνθῆμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ᾔσχυμμαι (see. below [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—make ugly, disfigure, πρόσωπον, κόμην, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰ. τὸν ἵππον give the horse a bad form, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. mostly in moral sense, dishonour, tarnish, μηδὲ γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. b especially dishonour a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὸ σῶμα αἰ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. disdain, ἐπιχώρια[Refs 5th c.BC+] __B passive, to be dishonoured, νέκυς σχυμμένος, of Patroclus, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II to be ashamed, feel shame, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II.2 more commonly, to be ashamed at a thing, with accusative of things, αἰσχυνόμενοι φάτιν ἀνδρῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II.2.b with participle, to be ashamed at doing a thing (which one does), [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.2.c with infinitive, to be ashamed to do a thing (and therefore not to do it), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; though this condition must not be pressed absolutely,[Refs] __B.II.2.d followed by relative clause, αἰσχύνεσθαι εἰ.. to be ashamed that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.3 with accusative person, to feel shame before one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς γέροντας (at Sparta) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅστις γὰρ αὐτὸς αὑτὸν οὐκ αἰσχύνεται, πῶστόν γε μηδὲν εἰδότ᾽ αἰσχυνθήσετα; [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]