Aschēmosýnē — G808

Definition

feminine noun

an indecency; by implication, the pudenda

1. unseemliness, an unseemly deed
2. of the pudenda, one's nakedness, shame

Usually translated as

shame, that which is unseemly

Origin

from G809

• aschḗmōn (G809)

Occurrences

Aschēmosýnē occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Romans (1), Revelation (1)

• Romans 1:27 — And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly (ἀσχημοσύνην), and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
• Revelation 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame (ἀσχημοσύνην).