αἰσχυνθῶμεν

aischýnomai

shrink away

To feel shame, experience a sense of personal disgrace or embarrassment; to be put to shame, suffer humiliation or dishonor in the eyes of others. It may denote both an internal sense of shame as well as the external experience of public dishonor. The term can express the emotional response to personal failure, moral fault, or being exposed in an unfavorable situation—a spectrum from inward distress to social humiliation.

G153

1 John 2:28 · Word #14

Lexicon G153

Lemmaαἰσχύνομαι
Transliterationaischýnomai
Strong'sG153
DefinitionTo feel shame, experience a sense of personal disgrace or embarrassment; to be put to shame, suffer humiliation or dishonor in the eyes of others. It may denote both an internal sense of shame as well as the external experience of public dishonor. The term can express the emotional response to personal failure, moral fault, or being exposed in an unfavorable situation—a spectrum from inward distress to social humiliation.

Morphology V AOR PASS SUBJ 1P PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense AOR — Aorist — Simple occurrence, often past
Voice PASS — Passive — The subject receives the action
Mood SUBJ — Subjunctive — Expresses possibility or purpose
Person 1P — 1st person — The speaker ("I" / "we")
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phraseshrink away
Literalbe-ashamed

Lexical Info

Lemmaαἰσχύνω
Strong'sG153

SIBI-P1 Translation G153-04

may we be put to shame

Morphological NotesVerb; aorist tense (simple/complete aspect), passive voice, subjunctive mood, first person plural.
Rendering RationaleThe aorist passive subjunctive, first person plural, expresses a simple or complete experience of being shamed, rendered here with "may we" to reflect the subjunctive mood and passive voice. The phrasing preserves the root sense of experiencing disgrace or public humiliation.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

may we be put to shame

Same as P1Yes
RationaleSubjunctive form for potential shame; P1 captures this accurately.