What does ὀνειδισμός (oneidismós) mean in the Bible?
Oneidismos names reproach, ridicule or disgrace directed toward a person. Its New Testament settings require readers to ask why the reproach comes.
Greek · G3680
ὀνειδισμός
Oneidismos names reproach, ridicule or disgrace directed toward a person. Its New Testament settings require readers to ask why the reproach comes.
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ὀνειδισμόςG3680
Pronunciationoneidismós
What does ὀνειδισμός (oneidismós) mean in the Bible?
Reader summary
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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).
What This Word Actually Means
Oneidismos names reproach, ridicule or disgrace directed toward a person. Its New Testament settings require readers to ask why the reproach comes. First Timothy requires a leader's good reputation with outsiders so that he does not fall into disgrace. Hebrews, however, remembers believers exposed to ridicule and those who stood beside them; it also describes Moses valuing disgrace for Christ above Egypt's treasures.
The letter calls readers to go to Jesus outside the camp and bear His reproach. Romans places the insults borne by Christ within an appeal to serve a neighbor's good rather than please oneself. The noun therefore does not make public approval the measure of faithfulness or every criticism a badge of holiness. It distinguishes accountable conduct from costly allegiance and calls communities to support people who are treated contemptuously.
How the Bible Uses It
Five BSB witnesses distinguish leadership disgrace, public ridicule and partnership, Moses' costly faith, identification with Jesus and Christ's refusal to please Himself. The surrounding argument determines whether reproach warns about conduct or accompanies faithful belonging.
- 1Tim.3.7
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
Good reputation with outsiders belongs to the leader's required character; this warning cannot be dismissed by labeling every criticism persecution.
- Heb.10.33
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
The remembered believers endured public ridicule and stood with others who suffered, joining perseverance to practical solidarity.
- Heb.11.26
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
Hebrews presents Moses' costly choice through its Christ-centered faith argument, without specifying everything Moses understood about later events.
- Heb.13.13
Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
Going to Jesus outside the camp follows His sanctifying suffering and leads into praise, doing good and sharing with others.
- Rom.15.3
For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
Christ's borne insults support Paul's appeal to build up a neighbor and welcome one another, rather than defend personal prestige.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itdisgrace3×1 Timothy 3:7, Hebrews 11:26, Hebrews 13:13
insults1×Romans 15:3
to ridicule1×Hebrews 10:33
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 15:3ὀνειδισμοὶtoinsultsNoun - Nominative Masculine Plural1 Timothy 3:7ὀνειδισμὸνtodisgraceNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularHebrews 10:33ὀνειδισμοῖςtoto ridiculeNoun - Dative Masculine PluralHebrews 11:26ὀνειδισμὸνtodisgraceNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularHebrews 13:13ὀνειδισμὸνtodisgraceNoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 15:3
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Romans11 Timothy1Hebrews3
Source forms
ὀνειδισμὸν3xoneidismon1 Timothy 3:7, Hebrews 11:26, Hebrews 13:13
ὀνειδισμοὶ1xoneidismoiRomans 15:3
ὀνειδισμοῖς1xoneidismoisHebrews 10:33
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular3x1 Timothy 3:7, Hebrews 11:26, Hebrews 13:13
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1xHebrews 10:33
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1xRomans 15:3
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Support people experiencing unfair ridicule without pressuring them to remain exposed to preventable harm or retaliation.
- Hear and investigate reported misconduct fairly rather than shielding authority through a claim that all criticism is Christ's reproach.
Avoid claiming...
- The command to go to Jesus outside the camp does not give a group authority to isolate members from family or independent help.
- Public hostility alone cannot prove a teacher's truthfulness, innocence or superior spiritual standing.
Evidence Summary
CovenantMessiah
Greek word. Shame-bringing reproach directed at someone, especially Christ's suffering disgrace.
Strong'sG3680
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkHebrews 11:23-29Source Gloss
contumely
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 15:3Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ὀνειδισμοὶoneidismoi
reproach, reviling
Read verse1 Timothy 3:7Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὀνειδισμὸνoneidismon
reproach, reviling
Read verseHebrews 10:33Noun Dative Plural Masculine
ὀνειδισμοῖςoneidismoiv
reproach, reviling
Read verseHebrews 11:26Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὀνειδισμὸνoneidismon
reproach, reviling
Read verseHebrews 13:13Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὀνειδισμὸνoneidismon
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 patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineRom 15:31×
Dative · Plural · MasculineHeb 10:331×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine1 Tim 3:7 · Heb 11:26 · Heb 13:133×
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
CovenantMessiah
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.
For the Preacher and Teacher
Hebrews 13 binds bearing reproach to going to Jesus, who suffered outside the city gate to sanctify His people. The next movement is not a program of contempt for everyone outside a preferred group. It calls for praise through Jesus, doing good and sharing with others, while looking toward the coming city. Hebrews 10 supplies another communal expression: believers were partners with those publicly mistreated and sympathized with prisoners.
Reproach is therefore taught as a cost that faithful communities can help people bear, not a suffering test that leaders may impose. First Timothy guards the complementary responsibility to maintain trustworthy conduct before outsiders. A church must examine credible criticism honestly and support the unjustly ridiculed without turning either public popularity or public hostility into an automatic verdict on holiness.
Anchor passage
Heb.13.13
Doctrinal connections
- Jesus' suffering outside the city gate sanctifies His people and grounds Hebrews' call to identify with Him.
- Bearing Christ's reproach is joined to praise, doing good and sharing rather than withdrawal from neighborly responsibility.
- Hebrews commends partnership with publicly mistreated believers and sympathy with those who are imprisoned.
- Moses' costly choice is presented within Hebrews' account of faith that looks toward God's reward.
- Christ's refusal to please Himself supports patient service for a neighbor's good in Romans.
- The oversight qualifications require trustworthy character before outsiders as part of caring for God's church.
Oneidismos is a noun for reproach or insult, appearing in singular and plural forms. It names the contempt experienced without independently deciding whether the sufferer is innocent, the accusation is valid or the response is faithful; those judgments require the governing context.
From Old to New Testament
Romans 15:3 cites Psalm 69:9, where zeal for God's house and borne insults occur within a plea for rescue. Hebrews also interprets Moses' choice in the exodus story through its faith argument. These connections support costly allegiance without making every modern criticism another fulfillment of the psalm or claiming exhaustive knowledge of Moses' expectations.