αἰσχρός
aischros · shameful
Greek word · Strong’s number G150 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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aischros (αἰσχρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “shameful”.
Causing shame.
How to say it
ais·chros
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
- Disgracing the one who does it.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- shameful ×3
- dishonest ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 11:6
For if a woman is not covered, let her also have her hair cut short; but if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut short or to be shaved, let her be covered.
- 1 Corinthians 14:35
And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the assembly.
- Ephesians 5:12
For it is shameful even to speak of the things done in secret by them.
- Titus 1:11
who must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole households, teaching what they should not for the sake of dishonest gain.