Be ashamed
בּוֹשׁStrong’s H0954bush
Appears in 113 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bush is the Hebrew word usually translated “ashamed”, “may they be ashamed” and “are ashamed”. It appears in 113 verses of the Old Testament.
“Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.”
Meaning
- To put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed(Qal) · (Piel) to delay (in shame) · (Hiphil) · (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another
How it's translated
- they will be ashamed 17
- may they be ashamed 9
- they are ashamed 5
- it will be ashamed 5
- you will be ashamed 5
- i be ashamed 4
- be ashamed 4
- it will be put to shame 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 31
- Jeremiah 26
- Isaiah 21
- Proverbs 6
- Ezekiel 4
- Joel 4
17 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 10:5In contextAnd they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
- Zechariah 13:4In contextAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
- Genesis 2:25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
- Exodus 32:1And 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 3:25And 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 5:28The 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?
All 113 verses, by book
- Genesis 1
- 2:25
- Exodus 1
- 32:1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 19:5
- Psalms 31
- 6:1014:622:525:225:325:2031:131:1735:435:2637:1940:1444:753:569:670:271:171:1371:2483:1786:1797:7109:28119:6119:31119:46119:78119:80119:116127:5129:5
- Isaiah 21
- 1:2919:920:523:424:2326:1129:2230:537:2741:1142:1744:944:1145:1645:1745:2449:2350:754:465:1366:5
- Jeremiah 26
- 2:262:366:158:98:129:1912:1314:314:415:917:1317:1820:1122:2231:1946:2448:148:1348:2048:3949:2350:250:1251:1751:4751:51
- Zephaniah 1
- 3:11
Hebrew dictionary
בּוֹשׁ bush · be ashamed
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ashamed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ASHA'MED, adjective
- Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt or a conviction of some criminal action or indecorous conduct, or by the exposure of some gross errors or misconduct, which the person is conscious must be wrong, and which tends to impair his honor or reputation.“Thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed” Ezekiel 16:61
- Confused by a consciousness of guilt or of inferiority; by the mortification of pride; by failure or disappointment.“They shall be greatly ashamed that trust in images” Isaiah 42:17
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.