Dictionary entry

αἰδώς

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** αἰδώς (-όος), -οῦς, ἡ,

[in LXX: III Mac 1:19 4:5*;]

a sense of shame, modesty: I Ti 2:9 (for exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

SYN.: αἰσχύνη (v. Thayer, 14; Tr., Syn., §xix; Cremer, 611 f.; CGT on I Ti 2:9).