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shaÌ„m´fast-nes: The original the King James Version translation of αἰδωÌÏ‚, aidoÌ„Ìs, in Sirach 41:16 and . Perhaps half a century later the spelling “shamefacedness†supplanted the better form, and continues in the ordinary editions of the King James Version. The Revised Version (British and American), however, rightly restores “shamefastness.â€