What does ὀνειδισμός (oneidismós) mean in the Bible?
ὀνειδισμός (oneidismós): Shame-bringing reproach directed at someone, especially Christ's suffering disgrace.
Greek · G3680
ὀνειδισμός
Contumely
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ὀνειδισμός G3680
Pronunciation oneidismós
What does ὀνειδισμός (oneidismós) mean in the Bible?
ὀνειδισμός (oneidismós): Shame-bringing reproach directed at someone, especially Christ's suffering disgrace.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3680?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include disgrace (3), insults (1), to ridicule (1).
Where does ὀνειδισμός (oneidismós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 15:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3), 1 Timothy (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It disgrace 3× 1 Timothy 3:7, Hebrews 11:26, Hebrews 13:13
insults 1× Romans 15:3
to ridicule 1× Hebrews 10:33
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 15:3 ὀνειδισμοὶ to insults Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1 Timothy 3:7 ὀνειδισμὸν to disgrace Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Hebrews 10:33 ὀνειδισμοῖς to to ridicule Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Hebrews 11:26 ὀνειδισμὸν to disgrace Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Hebrews 13:13 ὀνειδισμὸν to disgrace Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 15:3
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Romans 1 1 Timothy 1 Hebrews 3
Source forms
ὀνειδισμὸν 3x oneidismon 1 Timothy 3:7, Hebrews 11:26, Hebrews 13:13
ὀνειδισμοὶ 1x oneidismoi Romans 15:3
ὀνειδισμοῖς 1x oneidismois Hebrews 10:33
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x 1 Timothy 3:7, Hebrews 11:26, Hebrews 13:13
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 10:33
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 15:3
Evidence Summary
CovenantMessiah
Greek word. Shame-bringing reproach directed at someone, especially Christ's suffering disgrace.
Strong's G3680
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hebrews 11:23-29 Source Gloss
contumely
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 15:3 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ὀνειδισμοὶ oneidismoi
reproach, reviling
Read verse 1 Timothy 3:7 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὀνειδισμὸν oneidismon
reproach, reviling
Read verse Hebrews 10:33 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
ὀνειδισμοῖς oneidismoiv
reproach, reviling
Read verse Hebrews 11:26 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὀνειδισμὸν oneidismon
reproach, reviling
Read verse Hebrews 13:13 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὀνειδισμὸν oneidismon
reproach, reviling
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 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rom 15:3 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Heb 10:33 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 3:7 · Heb 11:26 · Heb 13:13 3×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
reproach, shame
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὀνειδισμός is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Connects Moses' suffering with Christ-centered covenant identity. Hebrews 11:23-29
Canonical Themes
Covenant Messiah
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain