What does ἀναίδεια (anaídeia) mean in the Bible?
ἀναίδεια (anaídeia): Shameless persistence or importunate boldness in demanding something despite social convention or propriety.
Greek · G335
ἀναίδεια
Shamelessnes
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ἀναίδειαG335
Pronunciationanaídeia
What does ἀναίδεια (anaídeia) mean in the Bible?
ἀναίδεια (anaídeia): Shameless persistence or importunate boldness in demanding something despite social convention or propriety.
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How does the BSB render G335?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include persistence (1).
Where does ἀναίδεια (anaídeia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 11:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itpersistence1×Luke 11:8
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First aligned rowLuke 11:8
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Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
ἀναίδειαν1xanaideianLuke 11:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xLuke 11:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Shameless persistence or importunate boldness in demanding something despite social convention or propriety.
Strong'sG335
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 11:1–13Source Gloss
shamelessnes
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Shameless persistence or importunate boldness in demanding something despite social convention or propriety.
(αἰδώς), [in LXX: Sir.25:22 * ;] shamelessness, importunity: Luk.11:8 (for exx. from π., see MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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Luke 11:8Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀναίδειανanaideian
shamelessness, shameless persistence
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineLuke 11:81×
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New Testament Witnesses
shameless persistence
Additional Occurrences
Luke 11:5–13ἀναίδειανanaídeia
Shameless persistence, boldness
Word Origins
ἀναίδεια is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Encourages bold, persevering prayer.Luke 11:1–13
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