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ἐπαισχύνομαι

epaischynomai · be ashamed

Greek word · Strong’s number G1870 · appears 11 times in the Bible

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What it means

epaischynomai (ἐπαισχύνομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be ashamed”.

Of.

How to say it

e·pais·chy·no·mai

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. To feel embarrassed to be linked with someone or something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Comes from

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

Where it appears

  • Mark 8:38

    For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

  • Luke 9:26

    For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and that of the Father and of the holy angels.

  • Romans 1:16

    For I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

  • Romans 6:21

    What fruit then did you have at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

  • 2 Timothy 1:8

    So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the good news by the power of God,

  • 2 Timothy 1:12

    for which reason I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

  • 2 Timothy 1:16

    May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

  • Hebrews 2:11

    For both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all from one; for this reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

  • Hebrews 11:16

    But as it is, they long for a better one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

And 2 more times.