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G819 ἀτιμία (atimía)
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Quick Definition

ἀτιμία, ας, ἡ n.f. disgrace, dishonor

Strong's Definition

from 820; infamy, i.e. (subjectively) comparative indignity, (objectively) disgrace

KJV Usage: dishonour, reproach, shame, vile

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ας | ἀ- + τιμάω

87.71 · Status · Low Status or Rank [including persons of low status]

dishonor, disrespect a state of dishonor or disrespect as a negative of τιμή[a] ‘honor, respect’ (87.4)

ROM 1:26 · ROM 9:21 · 1CO 11:14 · 1CO 15:43 · 2CO 6:8 · 2CO 11:21 · 2TI 2:20

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀτιμία, -as, 7, (ἄτιμος), dishonor, ignominy, disgrace, [fr. Hom. down]: 1 Co. xi. 14; opp. to δόξα, 2 Co. vi. 8; 1 Co. xv. 43 (ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ sc. ὄν, in a state of diszrace, used of the unseemliness and offensiveness of a dead body) ; κατ᾽ ἀτιμίαν equiv. to ἀτίμως, with contempt sc. of myself, 2 Co. xi. 21 [R. V. by way of disparagement, cf. κατά, 11. fin.]; πάθη ἀτιμίας base lusts, vile passions, Ro. i. 26, cf. W.§ 34,3 b.; [Β. 8 132,10]. εἰς ἀτιμίαν for a dishonorable use, of vessels, opp. to τιμή : Ro. ix. 21; 2 Tim. ii. 20.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀτιμία atimia 7x

dishonor, infamy, Rom. 1:26; shame, 1 Cor. 11:14; meanness, vileness, 1 Cor. 15:43; 2 Cor. 6:8; a dishonorable use, Rom. 9:21; 2 Tim. 2:20; κατὰ ἀτιμίαν, slightingly, disparagingly, 2 Cor. 11:21

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀτιμία, -ας, ἡ

(ἄτιμος), [in LXX for כְּלִמָּה, קָלוֹן, etc.;]

dishonour, disgrace: I Co 11:14, II Co 6:8; εἰς ἀ., Ro 9:21, II Ti 2:20; ἐν ἀ., I Co 15:43; κατ᾽ ἀ., II Co 11:21; πάθη ἀτιμίας, base passions, Ro 1:26.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀτιμία. P Giss I. 4oii 5, an edict announcing an amnesty of Caracalla A.D. 212, μετὰ t[d] π[λ]ηρωθῆναι τὸ τοῦ χρ[όϊνου διάστημα οὐκ ὀνειδισθήσεται ἢ τῆς ἀτιμ[ί]ας παρασημεί[ω]σις. The word is found in ἃ hitherto unknown fragment, perhaps of Euripides, published in P Par p. 86— οὐκ ἣν ἄρ᾽ οὐθὲν πῆμ᾽ ἐλευθέραν δάκνον ψυχὴν ὁμοίως ἀνδρός, ὡς ἀτιμία. (But Euripides did not write οὐθέν 1)

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀτιμία (atimia) — dishonour. ἀτῑμ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, dishonour, disgrace, ἀτιμίῃσιν ἰάλλειν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεῶν ἀ. dishonour done to the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; indignities, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. deprivation of privileges, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of civic rights, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; coupled with θάνατος and φυγή, [Refs]

II. of things, ἐσθημάτων ἀ., i.e. sorry garb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. [Epic dialect ἀτιμῑη[Refs 8th c.BC+]

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