Quick Definition
shame
Strong's Definition
shame or disgrace (abstractly or concretely)
Derivation: from G153 (αἰσχύνομαι);
KJV Usage: dishonesty, shame
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνη, (ης, ἡ (cf. αἰσχρός);
1. subjectively, the confusion of one who is ashamed of anything, sense of shame: μετ' αἰσχύνης suffused with shame, Luk_14:9; τά κρυπτά τῆς αἰσχύνης those things which shame conceals, opposed to φανέρωσις τῆς ἀληθείας, 2Co_4:2 (evil arts of which one ought to be ashamed).
2. objectively, ignominy: visited on one by the wicked, Heb_12:2; which ought to arise from guilt, Php_3:19 (opposed to δόξα).
3. a thing to be ashamed of: ἡ αἰσχύνη τῆς γυμνότητός (genitive of apposition) nakedness to be ashamed of, Rev_3:18, cf. Rev_16:15; plural (cf. Winer's Grammar, 176 (166)) αἱ αἰσχύναι basenesses, disgraces, shameful deeds, Jud_1:13. ((Aeschylus, Herodotus, others) Synonym: see αἰδώς, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αἰσχύνη aisc hunē 6x
shame, disgrace; cause of shame, dishonorable conduct
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνη , -ης , ἡ
( <αἶσχος , shame, disgrace ),
[in LXX chiefly for H1322 ;]
shame ( MM , VGT , s.v. ):
subjectively, Luk_14:19 , 2Co_4:2 ;
objectively, Php_3:19 , Heb_12:2 ;
as something to be ashamed of, Rev_3:18 ; pl. (Bl., § 32, 6), shameful deeds, Jud_1:13 .†
SYN.: αἰδώς G127 , q.v .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἰσχύνη [page 15]
In P Eleph 1 .6 (a marriage contract, B.C. 311 10) ( = Selections , p. 2) provision is made that if the bride κακοτεχνοῦσα ἁλίσκηται ἐπὶ αἰσχύνηι τοῦ ἀνδρός , shall be detected doing anything wrong to the shame of her husband, he shall be entitled to take certain steps against her : cf. P Gen_21:11 (ii/B.C.) (as completed, Archiv iii. p. 388) μηδ᾽ αἰ [σ ]χύνειν Μενεκράτην ὅσα φέρει ἀνδρὶ αἰσχύνην the same formula in P Tebt I. 104 .30 (B.C. 92). So P Par 47 .25 ( c. B.C. 153) ( = Selections, p. 23) ὑπὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης , for very shame, P Oxy III. 471 .78 (ii/A.D.) ἅπαξ γὰρ ἐν ἔθει τῆς α [ἰσ ]χύνης γενόμενον , for when once accustomed to his shame.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνη [Etym: αἶσχος] "shame done one, disgrace, dishonour", Hdt. , attic "a disgrace", of a person, Aesch. "shame for" an ill deed, personified in Aesch. generally, like αἰδώς, "shame, the sense of shame", Soph. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
αἰσχύνη, -ης, ἡ
(αἶσχος, shame, disgrace), [in LXX chiefly for בּשֶׁת ;]
shame (MM, VGT, see word): subjectively, Luk.14:19, 2Co.4:2; objectively, Php.3:19, Heb.12:2; as something to be ashamed of, Rev.3:18; pl. (Bl., §32, 6), shameful deeds, Ju 13.†
SYN.: αἰδώς, which see (AS)