Word Summary
epaischynomai: to be ashamed (of)
Original Word: ἐπαισχύνομαιTransliteration: epaischynomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ahee-skhoo'-nom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be ashamed (of)
Meaning: to be ashamed (of)
Strong's Concordance
be ashamed.
From epi and aischunomai; to feel shame for something -- be ashamed.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK aischunomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1870: ἐπαισχύνομαιἐπαισχύνομαι; future
ἐπαισχυνθήσομαι; 1 aorist
ἐπησχυνθην, and with neglect of augment
ἐπαισχυνθην (
2 Timothy 1:16 L T Tr WH; cf. (
WHs Appendix, p. 161);
Buttmann, 34 (30); (
Winers Grammar, § 12 at the end)); from
Aeschylus down;
to be ashamed (
ἐπί on account of (cf.
Isaiah 1:29 Alex.; Ellicott on
2 Timothy 1:8); see
αἰσχύνω): absolutely,
2 Timothy 1:12;
τινα (on the accusative, cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 b.
α.;
Buttmann, 192 (166)), of a person,
Mark 8:38;
Luke 9:26;
τί, of a thing,
Romans 1:16;
2 Timothy 1:8, 16;
ἐπί τίνι, the dative of a thing,
Romans 6:21; followed by the infinitive
Hebrews 2:11; with the accusative of a person and the infinitive of a thing,
Hebrews 11:16. (Twice in the
Sept.:
Isaiah 1:29 (
Alex.);
Job 34:19.)