Aschemosyne means “shame” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H808 — ashish (“foundation”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G808 ἀσχημοσύνη (aschemosune) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aschemosune (as-khay-mos-oo'-nay) n. 1. a lack of form 2. (morally) an indecency It has 34 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include which and shame. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
aschemosune (as-khay-mos-oo'-nay) n. 1. a lack of form 2. (morally) an indecency 3. (by implication) the genitalia, pudenda [from G809] KJV: shame, that which is unseemly Root(s): G809
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G808. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
indecency
Usage: ἀσχημοσύνη, -ης, ή (ἀσχήμων), [in LXX chiefly for עֶרְוָה ;] unseemliness: Rom.1:27 (MM, see word); euphemism for ἡ αἰσχύνη, as frequently in LXX, shame, nakedness: Rev.16:15.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aschemosune, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G808 (ἀσχημοσύνη) appears 44 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
29 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Thou shalt not go up to my altar by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.
For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, And she will not cover her own shame.
The chief thing for life is water, and bread, And clothing, and a house to cover shame.
Train up thy son, and exercise him with work, Lest by thy looseness thou stumble.
First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G808.
Thou shalt not go up to my altar by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.
For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
No man shall draw nigh to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I am the Lord.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, for she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s wife; it is thy father’s nakedness.
The nakedness of thy sister by thy father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or thy daughter’s daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; because it is thy nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of thy father’s wife; she is thy sister by the same father: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister, for she is near akin to thy father.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, for she is near akin to thy mother.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, and thou shalt not go in to his wife; for she is thy relation.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law, for she is thy son’s wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; her son’s daughter, and her daughter’s daughter, shalt thou not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are thy kinswomen: it is impiety.
Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.
And thou shalt not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.
And if anyone should lie with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness: let them both die the death, they are guilty.
Whosoever shall take his sister by his father or by his mother, and shall see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, it is a reproach: they shall be destroyed before the children of their family; he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness, they shall bear their sin.
And whatever man shall lie with a woman that is set apart for a flux, and shall uncover her nakedness, he has uncovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the flux of her blood: they shall both be destroyed from among their generation.
And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister, or of the sister of thy mother; for that man has uncovered the nakedness of one near akin: they shall bear their iniquity.
Whosoever shall lie with his near kinswoman, has uncovered the nakedness of one near akin to him: they shall die childless.
Whoever shall take his brother’s wife, it is uncleanness; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall die childless.
and thou shalt have a trowel on thy girdle; and it shall come to pass when thou wouldest relieve thyself abroad, that thou shalt dig with it, and shalt bring back the earth and cover thy nuisance.
Because the Lord thy God walks in thy camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemy before thy face; and thy camp shall be holy, and there shall not appear in thee a disgraceful thing, and so he shall turn away from thee.
Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
Jerusalem has sinned a great sin; Therefore has she come into tribulation, All that used to honor her have afflicted her, For they have seen her shame: Yea, she herself groaned, and turned backward.
And I passed by thee and saw thee, and, behold, it was thy time and a time of resting; and I spread my wings over thee, and covered thy shame, and swore to thee: and I entered into covenant with thee, saith the Lord, and thou becamest mine.
Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness.
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, And she will not cover her own shame.
The chief thing for life is water, and bread, And clothing, and a house to cover shame.
Train up thy son, and exercise him with work, Lest by thy looseness thou stumble.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G808, grouped by book.
Aschemosyne (Strong's G808) is a Greek word most simply glossed "shame". aschemosune (as-khay-mos-oo'-nay) n. 1. a lack of form 2. (morally) an indecency
This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's G808 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G808 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as which and shame. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 29 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G808, with linked reader references where each row is available.