Quick Definition
unseemly, indecent
Strong's Definition
properly, shapeless, i.e. (figuratively) inelegant
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2192 (ἔχω) (in the sense of its congener G4976 (σχῆμα));
KJV Usage: uncomely
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσχήμων, ἀσχημονος, neuter ἄσχημον (σχῆμα);
a. deformed.
b. indecent, unseemly: 1Co_12:23, opposed to εὐσχήμων. ((Herodotus), Xenophon, Plato, and subsequent writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσχήμων aschēmōn 1x
indecorous, uncomely, indecent, 1Co_12:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀσχήμων , -ον
( < ἀ - neg ., σχῆμα ),
[in LXX : Gen_34:7 ( H5039 ), Deu_24:1 ( H6172 ), Wis_2:20 , Da TH Sus 1:63, 2Ma_9:2 * ;]
1. shapeless .
2. uncomely, unseemly: 1Co_12:23 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσχήμων [page 88]
Syll 653 .4 (B.C. 91) μηθὲν ἄσχημον μηδὲ ἄδικον ποιήσειν . A late form of the adj. (LS, who quote Polemo, a writer of ii/A.D.) is found in P Ryl II. 144 .18 (A.D. 38) παρεχρήσατό μοι πολλὰ καὶ ἄσχημα , subjected me to much shameful mishandling (Edd.). The ordinary form occurs in another petition of the same group, ib. 150 .11 (A.D. 40 1) ἐκακολόγησεν πολλὰ καὶ ἀ [σ ]χήμονα . So Vettius Valens p. 62 .16 ἀτυχεῖς καὶ ἀσχήμονας .
[Supplemental from 1930 edition]
See the introd. to PSI VI. 577.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀσχήμων [Etym: σχῆμα] "misshapen, unseemly, shameful", Lat. turpis, Eur. of persons, ἀσχ. γενέσθαι to be "indecorous", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀσχήμων, -ον
(ἀ- neg., σχῆμα) [in LXX: Gen.34:7 (נְבָלָה), Deu.24:1 (עֶרְוָה), Wis.2:20, Da TH Sus 1:63, 2Ma.9:2 * ;]
__1. shapeless.
__2. uncomely, unseemly: 1Co.12:23.†
(AS)