atimia · dishonor

What it means

atimia (ἀτιμία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “dishonor”.

Disgrace; "dishonorable passions", shameful ones.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Loss of good name; something base or low.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• dishonor ×6
• shame ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×2
• 2 Timothy×1

• Romans 1:26

  For this reason God handed them over to passions of dishonor; for their females exchanged the natural use for that contrary to nature;

• Romans 9:21

  Or has the potter no authority over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

• 1 Corinthians 11:14

  Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

• 1 Corinthians 15:43

  it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

• 2 Corinthians 6:8

  through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report; as deceivers and yet true;

• 2 Corinthians 11:21

  To my shame I say it, as though we have been weak. But in whatever anyone dares —I am speaking in foolishness— I too dare.

• 2 Timothy 2:20

  Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, and some for honor, and some for dishonor.