αἰδώςaidṓs
bashfulness, i.e. (towards men), modesty or (towards God) awe
Greek (New Testament) · G127
Meanings
a sense of shame, modesty: 1 Timothy 2:9.
Synonyms
αἰσχύνη (see Thayer, 14; Tr., Syn., §xix; Cremer, 611 f.; CGT on 1 Timothy 2:9).
Same root
- ΑA · G1the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first:
- εἴδωeídō · G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) and G3708 (ὁράω); properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
- ἀναίδειαanaídeia · G335impudence, i.e. (by implication) importunity
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- 1 Timothy 2:9 And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.