Word Study · Strong's G127 · Greek

αἰδώς

aidos

ahee-doce'

Strong's 1890 spelling: aidṓs

“bashfulness, i.e. (towards men), modesty or (towards God) awe”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

bashfulness, i.e. (towards men), modesty or (towards God) awe

Rendered in the KJV as

reverence, shamefacedness.

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occurrencein the New Testament
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New Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

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The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

αἰδοῦς1

How it is rendered · 1

modesty1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1

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The ledger of occurrences

1 Timothy1 occurrence

1 Timothy 2:9αἰδοῦςaidousnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularLikewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,here: modesty

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