Lexicon anaideia: shamelessness Original Word: ἀναίδεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anaideia Phonetic Spelling: (an-ah'-ee-die-ah') Short Definition: shamelessness, shameless persistence Definition: shamelessness, shameless persistence (e.g. in greed). HELPS word-Studies 335 anaídeia (from 1 /A "without" and 127 /aidṓs, "shame") – properly, "shameless persistence" (Souter). 335 (anaídeia), used only in Lk 11:8, is literally "shamelessness" and relates to carrying out God's plan with "unembarassed boldness" – in the dignity of faith. 335 /anaídeia ("no shame, without embarrassment") is the shamelessness a faith-led believer has who is not be halted by human fears – even when others cry "overdone" (i.e. accuse them of being extreme or excessive). Lk 11:8: "I tell you, if even he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his shamelessness (335 /anaídeia) he will get up and give him as much as he needs." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and aidósDefinitionshamelessness NASB Translationpersistence (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 335: ἀναίδειαἀναίδεια ( T WH ἀναιδία; see I, i), (ας, ἡ, ( ἀναιδής, and this from ἡ αἰδώς a sense of shame); from Homer down; shamelessness, impudence: Luke 11:8 (of an importunate man, persisting in his eritreaties; ( A. V. importunity)).
Strong's importunity, shamelessness. From a compound of a (as a negative particle (compare aneu)) and aidos; impudence, i.e. (by implication) importunity -- importunity. see GREEK a see GREEK aneu see GREEK aidos |
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