αἰσχύνη

αἰσχύνη — aischýnē

αἰσχύνη, (ης, ἡ (cf. αἰσχρός);

1. subjectively, the confusion of one who is ashamed of anything, sense of shame: μετ' αἰσχύνης suffused with shame, Luk 14:9; τά κρυπτά τῆς αἰσχύνης those things which shame conceals, opposed to φανέρωσις τῆς ἀληθείας, 2Co 4:2 (evil arts of which one ought to be ashamed).

2. objectively, ignominy: visited on one by the wicked, Heb 12:2; which ought to arise from guilt, Php 3:19 (opposed to δόξα).

3. a thing to be ashamed of: ἡ αἰσχύνη τῆς γυμνότητός (genitive of apposition) nakedness to be ashamed of, Rev 3:18, cf. Rev 16:15; plural (cf. Winer's Grammar, 176 (166)) αἱ αἰσχύναι basenesses, disgraces, shameful deeds, Jud 1:13. ((Aeschylus, Herodotus, others) Synonym: see αἰδώς, at the end.)