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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - αἰδώς

αἰδώς

G127

Transliteration: aidṓs

Pronunciation: ahee-doce'

Definition: reverence


- Original: αἰδώς

- Transliteration: Aidos

- Phonetic: ahee-doce'

- Definition:

1. a sense of shame or honour, modesty, bashfulness, reverence, regard for others, respect

- Origin: perhaps from G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1492 (through the idea of downcast eyes)

- TDNT entry: 03:49,3

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Perhaps from G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1492 (through the idea of downcast eyes); bashfulness that is (towards men) modesty or (towards God) awe: - reverence shamefacedness.


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