Quick Definition
having no cause to be ashamed
Strong's Definition
not ashamed, i.e. irreprehensible:
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of a compound of G1909 (ἐπί) and G153 (αἰσχύνομαι);
KJV Usage: --that needeth not to be ashamed
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνεπαίσχυντος, ἀνεπαίσχυντον (alpha privative and ἐπαισχύνω) (Vulg.inconfusibilis), hating no cause to be ashamed: 2Ti_2:15. ((Josephus, Antiquities 18, 7, 1); unused in Greek writings (Winer's Grammar, 236 (221)).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνεπαίσχυντος anepaischuntos 1x
without cause of shame, irreproachable, 2Ti_2:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀν -επ -αίσχυντος , -ον
( < ἐπαισχύνομαι ),
not to be put to shame: 2Ti_2:15 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνεπαίσχυντος [page 41]
Josephus ( Antt. xviii. 243 μηδὲ δευτερεύειν ἀνεπαίσχυντον ἡγοῦ , cited by Thayer) did not borrow this from his earlier contemporary, the writer of 2Ti_2:15 ; but a word can hardly be called a coinage which only involves putting un - before an existing word (cf. αἰσχυντικός ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀνεπαίσχυντος [Etym: ἐπαισχύνομαι] "having no cause for shame", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀν-επ-αίσχυντος, -ον
(ἐπαισχύνομαι)
not to be put to shame: 2Ti.2:15.†
(AS)
📖 In-Depth Word Study
Not...ashamed (422) anepaischuntos
Not...ashamed (422) (anepaischuntos from a = without + epaischúnomai = be ashamed) describes the absence of a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety.
The diligent workman who handles the Word rightly is irreprehensible (blameless)
Diligence in handling the Word now prevents one from one day having to stand before God and experience the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of having done something dishonorable with the Word of Truth. Let us always seek to Be Bereans - Acts 17:11.
I want among the victor throng
Someday to have my name confessed;
And hear my Master say at last,
"You stand approved, you did your best!"
—Simpson
The diligent workman has no cause for shame and is not liable to be put to shame when his work is inspected.
Application: Could I challenge you to consider measuring all your thoughts, words and deeds by the phrase...
"A workman who does not need to be ashamed."
HANDLING ACCURATELY: orthotomounta (PAPMSA): (Mt 13:52; Mk 4:33; Lk 12:42; Jn 21:15, 16, 17; Acts 20:27; 1Co 2:6; 3:1,2; 2Co 4:2; 1Thes 5:14; Heb 5:11, 12, 13, 14)
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