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Lexicon :: Strong's H954 - bûš

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בּוּשׁ
Transliteration
bûš
Pronunciation
boosh
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 222

Strong’s Definitions

בּוּשׁ bûwsh, boosh; a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed:—(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x

The KJV translates Strong's H954 in the following manner: ashamed (72x), confounded (21x), shame (9x), all 2 (inf. for emphasis), confusion (1x), delayed (1x), dry (1x), long (1x), shamed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x
The KJV translates Strong's H954 in the following manner: ashamed (72x), confounded (21x), shame (9x), all 2 (inf. for emphasis), confusion (1x), delayed (1x), dry (1x), long (1x), shamed (1x).

  1. to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to feel shame

      2. to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)

    2. (Piel) to delay (in shame)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to put to shame

      2. to act shamefully

      3. to be ashamed

    4. (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בּוּשׁ bûwsh, boosh; a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed:—(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
STRONGS H954: Abbreviations
בּוֺשׁ 109 verb be ashamed (Sabean בוס; מהבאס = evil-doer DHMZMG 1883, 375, || Aramaic בְּהַת, Syriac bdb010109; Arabic bdb010110, bdb010111 mean disperse) —
Qal Perfect Jeremiah 48:39; בּשׁ Jeremiah 48:13; בּוֺשָׁה Jeremiah 15:9; בּשְׁתִּי Jeremiah 31:19 + 25 times; Imperfect יֵבוֺשׁ Isaiah 29:22 + 57 times; Infinitive absolute בּוֺשׁ Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 8:12; Imperative בּוֺשִׁי Isaiah 23:4; Ezekiel 16:52, בּוֺשׁוּ Ezekiel 36:32; Participle plural בּוֺשִׁים Ezekiel 32:30; —
1. absolute feel shame Jeremiah 6:15 + 16 times, Isaiah 19:9; Isaiah 23:4; Isaiah 37:27; Isa2, Isaiah 45:16 + 14 times, Ezekiel 16:63; Micah 7:16; Joel 2:26, 27; 2 Kings 19:26; Ezekiel 9:6; Job 6:20; Psalm 6:11 (+ 27 times, chiefly in late Psalms).
2. followed by מִן, be ashamed of, i.e. disconcerted, disappointed by reason of Jeremiah 2:36 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 12:13; Jeremiah 48:13; Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 20:5; Ezekiel 32:30; Ezekiel 36:32.
3. with object בּשְׁתִּי לִשְׁאוֺל I am ashamed to ask Ezekiel 8:22; לֹא תֵבשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ לִי ye are not ashamed to deal hardly with me (imperfect subject) Job 19:3. בּושׁ often || נכלם & חפר; בּשׁוּ וְהָכְלְמוּ they are ashamed and confounded Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 22:22; Isa2, Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 45:16; Isaiah 45:17; Ezekiel 16:52; Ezekiel 36:32; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 69:7; Ezekiel 9:6; וּבשׁוּ הַחֹזִים וְחָֽפְרוּ הַקֹּסְמִים and the seers shall be ashamed and the diviners confounded Micah 3:7, compare Jeremiah 15:9; Job 6:20; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 40:15; Psalm 70:3; Psalm 71:24; יֵבוֺשׁ מְקוֺרוֺ Hosea 13:15 (read יִיבַשׁ be dry); עַדבּֿוֺשׁ to the point of confusion Judges 3:25 (compare GFM), 2 Kings 2:17; 2 Kings 8:11.
Polel Perfect בּשֵׁשׁ delay (in shame), בּשֵׁשׁ משֶׁה לָרֶדֶת Moses delayed to descend Exodus 32:1 (J), מַדּוּעַ בּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבּוֺ לָבוֺא why delay his chariots to come ? Judges 5:28.
Hiph.
1. הֱבִישׁוֺתָ Psalm 44:8; הֱבִישֹׁתָה Psalm 53:6; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּבִישֵׁנִי Psalm 119:31; Psalm 119:116; תָּבִישׁוּ Psalm 14:6; put to shame, Participle מֵבִישׁ Proverbs 10:5; Proverbs 14:35; Proverbs 19:26; Proverbs 29:15; one causing shame or acting shamefully, || מִשְׂכִּיל; עֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ a servant acting wisely will rule over a son causing shame Proverbs 17:2; מְבִישָׁה || אֵשֶׁת חַיִל Proverbs 12:4.
2. הוֺבִישׁ 2 Samuel 19:6; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15; Joel 1:10, 12; הֹבִישׁ Jeremiah 10:14 + 7 times, Hosea 2:7; Joel 1:12, 17; Isaiah 30:5 (but הבאיש Kt); הֹבִשׁוּ Jeremiah 8:9, 12; Imperative הֹבִישׁוּ Joel 1:11 (all the forms in Joel derived √ יָבֵשׁ by ancient versions and some moderns, see Ew§ 122 e Ges§ 72, 6).
a. put to shame 2 Samuel 19:6.
b. act shamefully Hosea 2:7.
c. to be put to shame Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 46:24; Jeremiah 48:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:2 (twice in verse); Joel 1:10, 12, 17 (?).
d. be ashamed Jeremiah 8:9, 12; Joel 1:11, 12 (?) Isaiah 30:5 (Qr); with מִן Jeremiah 10:14 = Jeremiah 51:17.
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְבּשָׁ֑שׁוּ ashamed before one another Genesis 2:25 (J).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:25

Exodus

32:1

Judges

3:25; 5:28

2 Samuel

19:6; 19:6

2 Kings

2:17; 8:11; 19:26

Job

6:20; 6:20; 19:3

Psalms

14:6; 35:4; 35:26; 40:15; 44:8; 53:6; 69:7; 70:3; 71:24; 119:31; 119:116

Proverbs

10:5; 12:4; 14:35; 17:2; 19:26; 29:15

Isaiah

1:29; 19:9; 20:5; 23:4; 23:4; 29:22; 30:5; 30:5; 37:27; 41:11; 45:16; 45:16; 45:17

Jeremiah

2:26; 2:26; 2:36; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 8:9; 8:9; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12; 10:14; 10:14; 12:13; 14:3; 15:9; 15:9; 22:22; 31:19; 46:24; 48:1; 48:13; 48:13; 48:20; 48:39; 50:2; 51:17

Ezekiel

9:6; 9:6; 16:52; 16:52; 16:63; 32:30; 32:30; 36:32; 36:32; 36:32

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 13:15

Joel

1:10; 1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:17; 1:17; 2:26; 2:27

Micah

3:7; 7:16

H954

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Strong's Number H954 matches the Hebrew בּוּשׁ (bûš),
which occurs 114 times in 105 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:25–Isa 19:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:25 - They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - When the people saw that Moshe delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aharon, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moshe, the man who brought us up out of the land of Mitzrayim, we don't know what has become of him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - They waited until they were ashamed; and, behold, he didn't open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17 - When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but didn't find him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11 - He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up to the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:20 - They were distressed because they were confident; They came there, and were confounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 - You have reproached me ten times. You aren't ashamed that you attack me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - You frustrate the plan of the poor, Because the LORD is his refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:5 - They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2 - My God, I have trusted in you, Don't let me be shamed. Don't let my enemies triumph over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:20 - Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed: Deliver me in your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - Let me not be disappointed, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in She'ol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19 - They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 - But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have shamed those who hate us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - There they were in great fear, where no fear was, For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, Because God has rejected them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Hosts. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:1 - In you, LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, For they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:17 - Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 - Show me a sign of your goodness, That those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, Because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, Who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 - They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, But your servant shall rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then I wouldn't be disappointed, When I consider all of your mitzvot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don't let me be disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46 - I will also speak of your statutes before kings, And will not be disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:78

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:116

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:116 - Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5 - Let them be disappointed and turned backward, All those who hate Tziyon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:5 - He who gathers in summer is a wise son, But he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:35 - The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, But his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, And shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:26 - He who robs his father and drives away his mother, Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:15 - The rod of correction gives wisdom, But a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:29 - For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:9 - Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, shall be confounded.

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