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ἀσχημοσύνη

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀσχημοσύνη, ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
aschēmosynē
Simplified transliteration: 
aschemosyne
Numbers
Strong's number: 
808
GK Number: 
859
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
indecent act, shame
Definition: 
pr. external indecorum; nakedness, shame, pudenda, Rev. 16:15; indecency, infamous lust or lewdness, Rom. 1:27*

Greek-English Concordance for ἀσχημοσύνη

Romans 1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned the natural sexual relation with women and burned in their passion for one another — men with men committing shameless (aschēmosynēn | ἀσχημοσύνην | acc sg fem) acts and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Revelation 16:15 (“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes at hand, so that he will not be caught naked and his shameful (aschēmosynēn | ἀσχημοσύνην | acc sg fem) condition (aschēmosynēn | ἀσχημοσύνην | acc sg fem) be seen.”)