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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H954 matches the Hebrew בּוּשׁ (bûš),
which occurs 26 times in 21 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 -

“As the thief is shamed when he is found,

So the house of Israel is shamed H954;

They, their kings, their princes,

And their priests and their prophets,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:36 -

“Why do you despise Him so much

In changing your way?

Also, you will be put H954 to H954 shame H954 by Egypt

As you were put H954 to H954 shame H954 by Assyria.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 -

“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because of the abomination they have done?

They were H954 not even ashamed H954 at all H954;

They did not even know how to feel dishonor.

Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;

At the time that I punish them,

They shall be cast down,” says Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 -

“The wise men are put H954 to H954 shame H954;

They are dismayed and captured;

Behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh,

And what kind of wisdom do they have?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 -

“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because of the abomination they had done?

They certainly were H954 not ashamed H954,

And they did not know how to feel dishonor;

Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;

At the time of their [fn]punishment they shall be brought down,”

Says Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 -

“For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion,

‘How we are destroyed!

We are put H954 to H954 great shame H954,

For we have left the land

Because they have cast down our dwellings.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 -

“They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;

They have strained themselves [fn]to no profit.

But be H954 ashamed H954 of your produce

Because of the burning anger of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 -

“Their mighty ones have sent their [fn]underlings for water;

They have come to the trenches and found no water.

They have returned with their vessels empty;

They have been put H954 to H954 shame H954 and dishonored,

And they cover their heads.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 -

“Because the ground is [fn]dismayed,

For there has been no rain on the land,

The farmers have been put H954 to H954 shame H954;

They have covered their heads.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 -

“She who bore seven sons languishes;

[fn]Her breathing is labored.

Her sun has set while it was yet day;

She has been shamed H954 and humiliated.

So I will give over their survivors to the sword

Before their enemies,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 -

O Yahweh, the hope of Israel,

All who forsake You will be put H954 to H954 shame H954.

Those who turn [fn]away on earth will be written down

Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 -

Let those who pursue me be put H954 to H954 shame H954, but as for me, let me not be put H954 to H954 shame H954;

Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.

Bring on them a day of calamity,

And [fn]crush them with twofold [fn]crushing!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 -

But Yahweh is with me like a ruthless mighty one;

Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.

They will be H954 utterly ashamed H954, because they have not prospered,

With an everlasting dishonor that will not be forgotten.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 -

“The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,

And your lovers will go into captivity;

Then you will surely be H954 ashamed H954 and feel dishonor

Because of all your evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 -

‘For after I turned away, I repented;

And after I was instructed, I slapped my thigh;

I was H954 ashamed H954 and also dishonored

Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - “And Moab will be H954 ashamed H954 of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was H954 ashamed H954 of Bethel, their trust.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How [fn]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is H954 ashamed H954! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 -

Concerning Damascus.

“Hamath and Arpad are put H954 to H954 shame H954,

For they have heard a bad report;

They are melting away.

There is anxiety by the sea,

It cannot be quieted.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:12 -

Your mother [fn]will be H954 greatly ashamed H954;

She who gave you birth [fn]will be humiliated.

Behold, she will be the least of the nations,

A wilderness, a parched land, and a desert.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:47 -

Therefore behold, days are coming

When I will punish the graven images of Babylon;

And her whole land will be put H954 to H954 shame H954,

And all her slain will fall in her midst.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 -

We are H954 ashamed H954 because we have heard reproach;

Dishonor has covered our faces,

For strangers have entered

The holy places of the house of Yahweh.

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