ἈΣΧΗΜΟΣΥΝΗΝ, ἀσχημοσυνην
ASCHĒMOSYNĒN, aschēmosynēn
Sounds Like: as-khee-mo-SOO-neen
Translations: indecency, an indecency, dishonor, shame, nakedness
From the root: ἈΣΧΗΜΟΣΥΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of indecency, dishonor, or shame. It can also refer to physical nakedness or an unseemly act. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'σχημοσύνη' (schēmosynē, meaning 'form', 'figure', or 'propriety'). Thus, it literally means 'without proper form' or 'improper behavior'. It is used to describe something that is unseemly or disgraceful.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0808 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 7:223
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 20:26, 28:38
- Leviticus — 18:6, 18:7, 18:8, 18:9, 18:10, 18:11, 18:12, 18:13, 18:14, 18:15, 18:16, 18:17, 18:18, 18:19, 20:11, 20:17, 20:18, 20:19, 20:20, 20:21
- Deuteronomy — 23:13
- Ezra (Beta) — 4:14
- Sirach — 26:8, 29:21
- Lamentations — 1:8
- Ezekiel — 16:8
- Hosea — 2:9
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΧΗΜΟΣΥΝΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΧΗΜΟΣΥΝΗ — indecency, unseemliness, shame, dishonor, nakedness, a nakedness
- ἈΣΧΗΜΟΣΥΝΗΣ — of indecency, of unseemliness, of shame, of nakedness
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