Strong’s G127 · Greek
αἰδώς
aidṓs · ahee-doce'
Origin perhaps from Α (G1) (as a negative particle) and εἴδω (G1492) (through the idea of downcast eyes);
Meaning bashfulness, i.e. (towards men), modesty or (towards God) awe
In the King James Version reverence, shamefacedness.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- Hebrews 12:28Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.