ἈΝΑΙΔΕΙΑ, ἀναιδεια
ANAIDEIA, anaideia
Sounds Like: ah-nah-EE-deh-ah
Translations: shamelessness, impudence, persistence, a persistence
From the root: ἈΝΑΙΔΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of being without shame, often implying boldness, impudence, or an unyielding persistence. It can describe a lack of modesty or a determined, unflagging insistence, sometimes in a negative sense (impudence) and sometimes in a more neutral or even positive sense (persistence in prayer or asking). It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix ἀ- (a-, 'not') and αἰδώς (aidōs, 'shame' or 'reverence').
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0425 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 12:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΙΔΕΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΙΔΕΙΑΝ — shamelessness, impudence, persistence, a persistence, an impudence
- ἈΝΑΙΔΕΙΑΣ — of shamelessness, of impudence, of persistence, of importunity
- ἈΝΑΙΔΙΑΝ — shamelessness, persistence, impudence, a shamelessness, a persistence, an impudence
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