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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 - And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, 'Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth -- dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - Through the window she hath looked out -- Yea, she crieth out -- the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Wherefore is his chariot delaying to come? Wherefore tarried have the steps of his chariot?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17 - And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, 'Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11 - And he setteth his face, yea, he setteth it till he is ashamed, and the man of God weepeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn -- before it hath risen up!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, 'The hand of our God is upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath is upon all forsaking Him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and say, 'O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:20 - They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 - These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me --

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back -- ashamed in a moment!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:5 - Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2 - My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:20 - Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19 - They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 - For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:1 - In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered with reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:17 - They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 - Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 - They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46 - And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:78

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:80

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:116

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:116 - Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5 - Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:5 - Whoso is gathering in summer is a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest is a son causing shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:35 - The favour of a king is to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:26 - Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:15 - A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:29 - For men are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:9 - And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.

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