ἐπαισχύνομαι epaischunomai

Greek word for “be ashamed of” · Strong’s G1870 · used 11 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

ἐπ-αισχύνομαι; to be ashamed (of): absol.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for epaischunomai in context, with how often each is used:

• ashamed 5
• will be ashamed 2
• shall be ashamed 1
• may have been ashamed 1
• ashamed? 1
• may be ashamed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Timothy 1 (3), Mark 8 (1), Luke 9 (1), Romans 1 (1), Romans 6 (1), Hebrews 2 (1), Hebrews 11 (1)

Forms

• ἐπαισχυνθῇ 2
• ἐπαισχυνθήσεται 2
• ἐπαισχύνομαι 2
• ἐπαισχύνεται 2
• ἐπαισχύνεσθε 1
• ἐπαισχυνθῇς 1
• ἐπαισχύνθη 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epaischunomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• αἰτία aitia “cause/charge” 2
• εὐαγγέλιον euangelion “gospel” 2
• δύναμις dunamis “power” 2
• ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 2
• νῦν nun “now” 2
• δόξα doxa “glory” 2
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 2
• τε te “and/both” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 2
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 2
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 2

Key verses

The verses using epaischunomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 8:38 — Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he…
• Luke 9:26 — For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of…
• Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• Romans 6:21 — What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
• 2 Timothy 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the…
• 2 Timothy 1:12 — For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that…
• 2 Timothy 1:16 — The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
• Hebrews 2:11 — For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
• Hebrews 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.