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Lexicon :: Strong's H954 - bûš

Aa
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).
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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:25 - And they were H1961 both H8147 naked, H6174 the man H120 and his wife, H802 and H3808 were H954 not H3808 ashamed.  H954
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - And when H7200 the people H5971 saw H7200 that H3588 Moses H4872 delayed H954 to come down H3381 out of H4480 the mount, H2022 the people H5971 gathered themselves together H6950 unto H5921 Aaron, H175 and said H559 unto him, H413 Up, H6965 make H6213 us gods, H430 which H834 shall go H3212 before us; H6440 for H3588 as for this H2088 Moses, H4872 the man H376 that H834 brought us up H5927 out of the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 we wot H3045 not H3808 what H4100 is become H1961 of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - And they tarried H2342 till H5704 they were ashamed: H954 and, behold, H2009 he opened H6605 not H369 the doors H1817 of the parlour; H5944 therefore they took H3947 a key, H4668 and opened H6605 them: and, behold, H2009 their lord H113 was fallen down H5307 dead H4191 on the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 looked out H8259 at H1157 a window, H2474 and cried H2980 through H1157 the lattice, H822 Why H4069 is H954 his chariot H7393 so long  H954 in coming? H935 why H4069 tarry H309 the wheels H6471 of his chariots? H4818
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17 - And when they urged H6484 him till H5704 he was ashamed, H954 he said, H559 Send. H7971 They sent therefore H7971 fifty H2572 men; H376 and they sought H1245 three H7969 days, H3117 but H3808 found him H4672 not. H3808
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11 - And he settled H5975 his countenance H6440 stedfastly, H7760 until H5704 he was ashamed: H954 and H1058 the H430 man H376 of God H430 wept. H1058
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - Therefore their inhabitants were H3427 of H3027 small H7116 power, H3027 they were dismayed H2865 and confounded; H954 they were H1961 as the grass H6212 of the field, H7704 and as the green H3419 herb, H1877 as the grass H2682 on the housetops, H1406 and as corn blasted H7711 before H6440 it be grown up. H7054
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For H3588 I was ashamed H954 to require H7592 of H4480 the king H4428 a band of soldiers H2428 and horsemen H6571 to help us H5826 against the enemy H341 in the way: H1870 because H3588 we had spoken H559 unto the king, H4428 saying, H559 The hand H3027 of our God H430 is upon H5921 all H3605 them H1245 for good H2896 that seek him; H1245 but his power H5797 and his wrath H639 is against H5921 all H3605 them that forsake him. H5800
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - And said, H559 O my God, H430 I am ashamed H954 and blush H3637 to lift up H7311 my face H6440 to thee, H413 my God: H430 for H3588 our iniquities H5771 are increased H7235 over H4605 our head, H7218 and our trespass H819 is grown up H1431 unto H5704 the heavens. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:20 - They were confounded H954 because H3588 they had hoped; H982 they came H935 thither, H5704 and were ashamed. H2659
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 - These H2088 ten H6235 times H6471 have ye reproached me: H3637 ye are H954 not H3808 ashamed  H954 that ye make yourselves strange H1970 to me. H589
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - Let H954 all H3605 mine enemies H341 be ashamed  H954 and H926 sore H3966 vexed: H926 let them return H7725 and be ashamed H954 suddenly. H7281
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - Ye have shamed H954 the counsel H6098 of the poor, H6041 because H3588 the LORD H3068 is his refuge. H4268
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:5 - They cried H2199 unto thee, H413 and were delivered: H4422 they trusted H982 in thee, and H3808 were H954 not H3808 confounded.  H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2 - O my God, H430 I trust H982 in thee: let me H954 not H408 be ashamed,  H954 let H5970 not H408 mine enemies H341 triumph H5970 over me. H589
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Yea, H1571 let H954 none H3808 that wait on thee H6960 be ashamed:  H954 let them be ashamed H954 which transgress H898 without cause. H7387
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:20 - O keep H8104 my soul, H5315 and deliver me: H5337 let me H954 not H408 be ashamed;  H954 for H3588 I put my trust H2620 in thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - [[To the chief Musician, H5329 A Psalm H4210 of David.]] H1732 In thee, O LORD, H3068 do I put my trust; H2620 let me H954 never H408 be ashamed:  H954 deliver me H6403 in thy righteousness. H6666
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - Let me H954 not H408 be ashamed,  H954 O LORD; H3068 for H3588 I have called upon thee: H7121 let H954 the wicked H7563 be ashamed,  H954 and let them be silent H1826 in the grave. H7585
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let them be confounded H954 and put to shame H3637 that seek after H1245 my soul: H5315 let them be turned H5472 back H268 and brought to confusion H2659 that devise H2803 my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - Let them be ashamed H954 and brought to confusion H2659 together H3162 that rejoice H8056 at mine hurt: H7451 let them be clothed H3847 with shame H1322 and dishonour H3639 that magnify H1431 themselves against me. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19 - They shall H954 not H3808 be ashamed  H954 in the H6256 evil H7451 time: H6256 and in the days H3117 of famine H7459 they shall be satisfied. H7646
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let them be ashamed H954 and confounded H2659 together H3162 that seek after H1245 my soul H5315 to destroy it; H5595 let them be driven H5472 backward H268 and put to shame H3637 that wish H2655 me evil. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 - But H3588 thou hast saved us H3467 from our enemies, H6862 and H8130 hast put H954 them H8130 to shame  H954 that hated us. H8130
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - There H8033 were they in H6342 great H6343 fear, H6342 where no H3808 fear H6343 was: H1961 for H3588 God H430 hath scattered H6340 the bones H6106 of him that encampeth against thee: H2583 thou hast put H954 them to shame,  H954 because H3588 God H430 hath despised them. H3988
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let H954 not H408 them that wait on thee, H6960 O Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts, H6635 be ashamed  H954 for my sake: let H3637 not H408 those that seek thee H1245 be confounded H3637 for my sake, O God H430 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let them be ashamed H954 and confounded H2659 that seek after H1245 my soul: H5315 let them be turned H5472 backward, H268 and put to confusion, H3637 that desire H2655 my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:1 - In thee, O LORD, H3068 do I put my trust: H2620 let me H954 never H408 be put to confusion.  H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - Let them be confounded H954 and consumed H3615 that are adversaries H7853 to my soul; H5315 let them be covered H5844 with reproach H2781 and dishonour H3639 that seek H1245 my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue H3956 also H1571 shall talk H1897 of thy righteousness H6666 all H3605 the day long: H3117 for H3588 they are confounded, H954 for H3588 they are brought unto shame, H2659 that seek H1245 my hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:17 - Let them be confounded H954 and troubled H926 for ever; H5703 H5704 yea, let them be put to shame, H2659 and perish: H6
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 - Shew H6213 me H5973 a token H226 for good; H2896 that H7200 they which hate me H8130 may see H7200 it, and be ashamed: H954 because H3588 thou, H859 LORD, H3068 hast holpen me, H5826 and comforted me. H5162
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - Confounded be H954 all H3605 they that serve H5647 graven images, H6459 that boast themselves H1984 of idols: H457 worship H7812 him, all H3605 ye gods. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 - Let H7043 them H1992 curse, H7043 but H859 bless H1288 thou: H859 when they arise, H6965 let them be ashamed; H954 but H5650 let H8055 thy servant H5650 rejoice. H8055
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then H227 shall I H954 not H3808 be ashamed,  H954 when I have respect H5027 unto H413 all H3605 thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I have stuck H1692 unto thy testimonies: H5715 O LORD, H3068 put me H954 not H408 to shame.  H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46 - I will speak H1696 of thy testimonies H5713 also H1696 before H5048 kings, H4428 and H3808 will H954 not H3808 be ashamed.  H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Let H954 the proud H2086 be ashamed;  H954 for H3588 they dealt perversely with me H5791 without a cause: H8267 but I H589 will meditate H7878 in thy precepts. H6490
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - Let H1961 my heart H3820 be H1961 sound H8549 in thy statutes; H2706 that H4616 I be H954 not H3808 ashamed.  H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:116 - Uphold me H5564 according unto thy word, H565 that I may live: H2421 and H408 let me H954 not H408 be ashamed  H954 of my hope. H7664
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - Happy H835 is the man H1397 that H834 hath H4390 his quiver H827 full H4390 of them: H1992 they shall H954 not H3808 be ashamed,  H954 but H3588 they shall speak H1696 with H854 the enemies H341 in the gate. H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5 - Let them H954 all H3605 be confounded  H954 and turned H5472 back H268 that hate H8130 Zion. H6726
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:5 - He that gathereth H103 in summer H7019 is a H1121 wise H7919 son: H1121 but he that sleepeth H7290 in harvest H7105 is a son H1121 that causeth shame. H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - A H802 virtuous H2428 woman H802 is a crown H5850 to her husband: H1167 but H7538 she that maketh ashamed H954 is as rottenness H7538 in his bones. H6106
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:35 - The king's H4428 favour H7522 is toward a H5650 wise H7919 servant: H5650 but his wrath H5678 is H1961 against him that causeth shame. H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A H5650 wise H7919 servant H5650 shall have rule H4910 over a son H1121 that causeth shame, H954 and H8432 shall have part H2505 of the inheritance H5159 among H8432 the brethren. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:26 - He that wasteth H7703 his father, H1 and chaseth away H1272 his mother, H517 is a son H1121 that causeth shame, H954 and bringeth reproach. H2659
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:15 - The rod H7626 and reproof H8433 give H5414 wisdom: H2451 but a child H5288 left H7971 to himself bringeth H954 his mother H517 to shame.  H954
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:29 - For H3588 they shall be ashamed H954 of the oaks H352 which H834 ye have desired, H2530 and ye shall be confounded H2659 for the gardens H1593 that H834 ye have chosen. H977
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:9 - Moreover H954 they that work H5647 in H6593 fine H8305 flax, H6593 and they that weave H707 networks, H2355 shall be confounded.  H954

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