- Original: αἰδώς - Transliteration: Aidos - Phonetic: ahee-doce' - Definition: 1. a sense of shame or honour, modesty, bashfulness, reverence, regard for others, respect - Origin: perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492 (through the idea of downcast eyes) - TDNT entry: 03:49,3 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492 (through the idea of downcast eyes); bashfulness that is (towards men) modesty or (towards God) awe: - reverence shamefacedness. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • reverence, 1 Hebrews 12:28 • shamefacedness, 1 1 Timothy 2:9