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

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.