καταισχύνω
kataischunō
“to dishonor”
Definition
to shame down, i.e. disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush
from G2596 (κατά) and G153 (αἰσχύνομαι);
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Occurrences
καταισχύνω appears 12 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
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.”
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.
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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