Words the Bible translates as disgrace
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kataischunōκαταισχύνωto put to shame publicly: to disgrace someone before a watching community, or to be exposed and humiliated that way
- aischunēαἰσχύνηdisgrace before others: the public loss of honor, whether the humiliation of being exposed to it or the shameful thing that brings it on
- oneidismosὀνειδισμόςreproach: the public insult and disgrace heaped on a person by hostile, shaming words.
- ḥerpahחֶרְפָּהpublic disgrace: the scorn others heap on you and the shame that then sticks to you in their eyes
- atimiaἀτιμίαdishonor: the public loss of honor, standing, and respect; disgrace or shame
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- common use: the low, everyday, undignified purpose of a plain household object, as opposed to one kept for honored display
- oneidosὄνειδοςdisgracenot studied yet
- boshetבֹּשֶׁתshame: the public disgrace and humiliation of being defeated, exposed, or let down, together with the dishonor a person feels and carries because of it
- kelimmahכְּלִמָּהpublic disgrace: the humiliation of being dishonored before others, and the insults and abuse that bring it about.
- navelנָבֵלto be a disgraceful fool, or to treat someone as one: to act senselessly, and to shame, dishonor, or hold in contempt.
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- to wither and fade: to lose freshness and droop, the way a leaf or flower dries up, sinks down, and falls.
- qalonקָלוֹןdisgrace: the public loss of honor and good standing, the opposite of glory
- paradeigmatizōπαραδειγματίζωto publicly disgrace someone: to hold a person up before others as an object of shame, contempt, or warning
- deigmatizōδειγματίζωto expose someone to public view in a way that brings shame: to hold a person, or a defeated enemy, up as an open spectacle
- qiqalonקִיקָלוֹןdisgracenot studied yet
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