Strong's Greek · G127
G127 aidṓs
αἰδώς
ahee-doce'
modesty
Looking for Hebrew H127 ʼădâmâh? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G127. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
aidṓs appears once in Scripture, in 1 Timothy 2:9. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
bashfulness, i.e. (towards men), modesty or (towards God) awe
In the King James Version
reverence, shamefacedness
Derivation
perhaps from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G1492 (εἴδω) (through the idea of downcast eyes);
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“Likewise, 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,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
