# shame, shames, shamed, shameful, shamefully, shameless, shamelessly, ashamed, unashamed, causing to mock, make ... ashamed, put ... to shame, embarrassed, nakedness ## Definition: The term "shame" refers to a painful feeling of being disgraced a person has because of something dishonorable or improper that he or someone else has done. * Something that is "shameful" is "improper" or "dishonorable." * The term "ashamed" describes how a person feels when he has done something shameful. * The phrase "put to shame" means to defeat people or expose their sin so that they feel ashamed of themselves. * The prophet Isaiah said that those who make and worship idols will be put to shame. * God can bring shame to a person who does not repent by exposing that person's sin and causing him to be humiliated. (See also: [false god](../kt/falsegod.md), [humble](../kt/humble.md), [humiliate](../other/humiliate.md), [Isaiah](../names/isaiah.md), [repent](../kt/repent.md), [sin](../kt/sin.md), [worship](../kt/worship.md)) ## Bible References: * [1 Peter 03:15-17](rc://en/tn/help/1pe/03/15) * [2 Kings 02:17](rc://en/tn/help/2ki/02/17) * [2 Samuel 13:13](rc://en/tn/help/2sa/13/13) * [Luke 20:11](rc://en/tn/help/luk/20/11) * [Mark 08:38](rc://en/tn/help/mrk/08/38) * [Mark 12:4-5](rc://en/tn/help/mrk/12/04) ## Word Data: * Strong's: H937, H954, H955, H1317, H1322, H2616, H2659, H2781, H3001, H3637, H3639, H3640, H6172, H7022, H7036, H8103, G149, G152, G153, G422, G808, G818, G819, G821, G1788, G1791, G1870, G2617, G3681, G3856, G5195