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reverence, shamefacedness

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Wrong writing of shamefastness, modesty

Corrected in R. V. (1 Tim. 2:9⁹In 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; (1 Timothy 2:9)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

127 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

αἰδώς

Transliteration:

aidos

Phonic:

ahee-doce’

Meaning:

perhaps from 1 (as a negative particle) and 1492 (through the idea of downcast eyes); bashfulness, i.e. (towards men), modesty or (towards God) awe

KJV Usage:

reverence, shamefacedness