Quick Definition
shamelessness, shameless persistence
Strong's Definition
impudence, i.e. (by implication) importunity
Derivation: from a compound of G1 (Α) (as a negative particle (compare G427 (ἄνευ))) and G127 (αἰδώς);
KJV Usage: importunity
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀναίδεια (T WH ἀναιδία; see I, i), (ας, ἡ, (ἀναιδής, and this from ἡ αἰδώς a sense of shame); from Homer down; shamelessness, impudence: Luk_11:8 (of an importunate man, persisting in his eritreaties; (A. V. importunity)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναίδεια anaideia 1x
pr. shamelessness; hence, persistence, without regard to time, place, or person, Luk_11:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀναιδία
( Rec. -εία , as in cl .), -ας , ἡ
( < αἰδώς ),
[in LXX : Sir_25:22 * ;]
shamelessness, importunity: Luk_11:8 (for exx . from Papyri, v . MM , VGT , s.v. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναίδεια [page 33]
OGIS 665 .16 (A.D. 48 9) ὑπὸ τῶν πλεονεκτικῶς καὶ ἀναιδῶς ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἀποχρωμένων associates the original adj. from which ἀναίδεια comes with another which well illustrates its connotation audacious desire to get : cf. Luk_11:8 and for a slightly different connotation Sir_25:22 . In P Lond 342 .14 (A.D. 185) (= II. p. 174) the adj. is used of a man who proves himself ἀναιδὴς ἐν τῇ κώμῃ by levying contributions on the inhabitants etc.; and for the verb see P Ryl II. 1421 .19 (A.D. 37) ἀναιδευόμενοι μὴ ἀποδῶναι , shamelessly refusing to pay (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀναίδεια [Etym: ἀναιδής] "shamelessness, impudence, effrontery", Hom. , Plat. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀναιδία (Rec. -εία, as in cl.), -ας, ἡ
(αἰδώς), [in LXX: Sir.25:22 * ;]
shamelessness, importunity: Luk.11:8 (for exx. from π., see MM, VGT, see word).†
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