Lexicon
ἐντρέπω
entrepō
G1788
G:V Greek

to cause shame

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Entrepo describes causing shame or showing respect, as contexts of correction, authority, and response to a son show.

The attested uses chiefly describe respect or deference toward a person, especially a son, a father, or a human authority; a second cluster concerns bringing someone to shame in admonition or corrective situations.

Senses in use

  1. Showing respect or deference · dominant

    In Matthew 21:37, Mark 12:6, and Luke 20:13, the future passive forms occur in the vineyard owner's expectation that the tenants will respond to his beloved son; the APB renders the clauses, “They will respect my son” and “perhaps they will respect him.” In Luke 18:2 and Luke 18:4, present passive forms describe a judge who does not respect any human, while Hebrews 12:9 recalls respect toward earthly fathers who disciplined.

  2. Bringing someone to shame · common

    In 1 Corinthians 4:14, the present active participle occurs in the statement that the writer is not writing to cause the readers shame, but to admonish them as beloved children. In 2 Thessalonians 3:14 and Titus 2:8, aorist passive subjunctive forms occur in stated outcomes: the APB renders “so that he may be ashamed” and “so that the one from the hostile side may be put to shame.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term's contexts with “respect” in the son, judge, and father passages, and with “shame,” “ashamed,” or “put to shame” in corrective passages. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings indicate the clauses' overall presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.

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