1. a sensitivity respecting possibility of dishonor, modesty, shame a feeling that one has (Aristoxenus, fgm. 42a; Diod. S. 2, 4, 3; Plut., Mor. 248b; UPZ 70, 25 [II BC]; PGM 17a, 8; PsSol 9:6; En 13:5 avpo. aiv.; Jos., Ant. 5, 147) to. th/j aivscu,nhj e;nduma patei/n prob. to throw off and tread under foot the garment of shame (which men have worn since the awakening of modesty, i.e. the fall, Gen 3:7, cp. 2:25) GEg 252, 57 (cp. Mel., P. 68, 483 to.n qa,naton evndu,saj ai;scu,nhn). ta. krupta. th/j aiv. what one conceals fr. a feeling of shame 2 Cor 4:2. Modesty, reverence (w. fo,boj) of slaves toward masters D 4:11; B 19:7 (cp. X., Cyr. 6, 1, 35; Soph, Ajax 1079; Demosth. 25, 24).
2. an experience of ignominy that comes to someone, shame, disgrace (Ath. 1:4; Diod. S. 2, 23, 2; Appian, Samn. 4 §11; PEleph 1, 6; PTebt 104, 30; POxy 471, 78; Sir 25:22; EpArist 206; Philo; TestLevi 15:2): h` aiv. th/j gumno,thtoj shameful nakedness Rv 3:18. katafronei/n aivscu,nhj disdain the shame Hb 12:2. h` do,xa evn th/| aivscu,nh| auvtw/n they find their glory in that which causes them shame Phil 3:19. meta. aivscu,nhj in disgrace (Demosth. 20, 16; Polyb. 3, 81, 6; 1 Esdr 8:74; Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 51; Jos., Ant. 12, 179) Lk 14:9.
3. commission of someth. shameful, a shameful deed, pl. (Eur., Herc. 1423; Isocr. 14, 50; Aeschin. 1, 154; Jos., Ant. 4, 260) evpafri,zein ta.j aiv. casting up their shameful deeds like (waves casting up) foam Jd 13.—MKlopfenstein, Scham u. Schande nach d. AT, ’72.—B. 1141. DELG s.v. ai=scoj. M-M. TW.