GreekG2617Verb

καταισχύνω

kataischunō

12Occurrences
G2617Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to shame down, i.e. disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush

from G2596 (κατά) and G153 (αἰσχύνομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to disgrace, dishonour, put to shame: with accusative of thing(s); pass., to be ashamed: as in LXX , of unfulfilled hopes: pass., " (LXX) .
LXX: chiefly for בּוּשׁ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

καταισχύνω appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
4
Romans
3
1 Peter
2
2 Corinthians
2
Luke
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:27BSB

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

1 Corinthians 11:5BSB

And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

1 Peter 2:6BSB

For it stands in Scripture:“See, I lay in Zion a stone,a chosen and precious cornerstone;and the one who believes in Himwill never be put to shame.”

2 Corinthians 7:14BSB

Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

Luke 13:17BSB

When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

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