Strong H954בּוֹשׁ

be ashamed

Transliteration: bûsh
Pronunciation: boosh
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; properly to {pale} that {is} by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be {disappointed} or delayed: - ({be} {make} bring {to} {cause} put {to} {with} a-) shame ({-d}) be (put to) confounded ({-fusion}) become {dry} {delay} be long.

Detailed definition

1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to feel shame
1a2) to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)
1b) (Piel) to delay (in shame)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to put to shame
1c2) to act shamefully
1c3) to be ashamed
1d) (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another

In the Bible

Strong H954 appears in 100 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

ashamed66
confound19
shame9
be1
become1
confounded1
confusion1
delay1
long1
nay1
sham1

First verses

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Exodus 32:1
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Judges 3:25
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Judges 5:28
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
2 Kings 2:17
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
2 Kings 8:11
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
2 Kings 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 corn blasted before it be grown up.
Ezra 8:22
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Ezra 9:6
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Job 6:20
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Job 19:3
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Psalms 6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Psalms 14:6
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
Psalms 22:5
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms 25:2
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Psalms 25:20
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalms 31:1
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 31:17
Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Psalms 35:4
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

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