Quick Definition
ἀναίδεια, ας, ἡ n.f. shamelessness, shameless persistence
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle (compare 427)) and 127; impudence, i.e. (by implication) importunity
KJV Usage: importunity
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | αἰδώς
66.12 · Proper, Improper
insolence, audacity, impudence, shamelessness a lack of sensitivity to what is proper
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναίδεια anaideia 1x
pr. shamelessness; hence, persistence, without regard to time, place, or person, Lk. 11:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀναιδία (Rec. -εία, as in cl.), -ας, ἡ
(< αἰδώς), [in LXX: Si 25:22*;]
shamelessness, importunity: Lk 11:8 (for exx. from π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναίδεια. OGTS 665} (A.D. 48-9 Ἰὑπὸ 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. Lk 118 and for a slightly different connotation Sir 25°. In P Lond 342"4 (A.D. 185) (ΞΞ 11. 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. 14119 (A.D. 37) ἀναιδευόμενοι μὴ ἀποδῶναι, “shamelessly refusing to pay’ (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναίδεια (anaideia) — shamelessnes. ἀναίδεια, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἀναιδεία; Attic dialect also ἀναιδείᾱ [Refs 5th c.BC+], poetry ἀναιδία [Refs]:— shamelessness, ἀναιδείην ἐπιειμένε[Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἀναιδείας, ={ἀναιδῶς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. in the Areopagus, λίθος ἀναιδείας was the stone of unforgivingness, on which stood an accuser who demanded the full penalty of the law against one accused of homicide (see. αἰδέομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare ὕβρις.