Quick Definition
be ashamed
Strong's Definition
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
TWOT Reference: 222
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · בּוּשָׁה · בָּשְׁנָה · בֹּשֶׁת · מְבוּשִׁים
Shame | verb qal | ≈ בהל · חפר · חֶרְפָּה · חתת · כלם · כְּלִמָּה · סוג אָחֹור · פָּנִים חור | ≠ בטח · שׂמח
to be ashamed, to come to shame, to be put to shame, to be disappointed = state in which someone has forfeited the respect of the community, due to a situation that is not in accordance to someone's status
JDG 3:25 · 2KI 2:17 · 2KI 8:11 · 2KI 19:26 · EZR 8:22 · EZR 9:6 · JOB 6:20 · JOB 19:3 · PSA 6:11 · PSA 6:11 · PSA 22:6 · PSA 25:2 · PSA 25:3 · PSA 25:3 · PSA 25:20 · PSA 31:2 · PSA 31:18 · PSA 31:18 · PSA 35:4 · PSA 35:26 · PSA 37:19 · PSA 40:15 · PSA 69:7 · PSA 70:3 · PSA 71:1 · PSA 71:13 · PSA 71:24 · PSA 83:18 · PSA 86:17 · PSA 97:7 · PSA 109:28 · PSA 119:6 · PSA 119:46 · PSA 119:78 · PSA 119:80 · PSA 127:5 · PSA 129:5 · ISA 1:29 · ISA 19:9 · ISA 20:5 · ISA 23:4 · ISA 24:23 · ISA 26:11 · ISA 29:22 · ISA 30:5 · ISA 37:27 · ISA 41:11 · ISA 42:17 · ISA 44:9 · ISA 44:11 · ISA 44:11 · ISA 45:16 · ISA 45:17 · ISA 45:24 · ISA 49:23 · ISA 50:7 · ISA 54:4 · ISA 65:13 · ISA 66:5 · JER 2:26 · JER 2:36 · JER 2:36 · JER 6:15 · JER 6:15 · JER 6:15 · JER 8:9 · JER 8:12 · JER 8:12 · JER 8:12 · JER 9:18 · JER 10:14 · JER 12:13 · JER 14:3 · JER 14:4 · JER 15:9 · JER 17:13 · JER 17:18 · JER 17:18 · JER 20:11 · JER 22:22 · JER 31:19 · JER 46:24 · JER 48:1 · JER 48:1 · JER 48:13 · JER 48:13 · JER 48:20 · JER 48:39 · JER 49:23 · JER 50:2 · JER 50:2 · JER 50:12 · JER 51:17 · JER 51:47 · JER 51:51 · EZK 16:52 · EZK 16:63 · EZK 32:30 · EZK 36:32 · HOS 4:19 · HOS 10:6 · JOL 1:11 · JOL 2:26 · JOL 2:27 · MIC 3:7 · MIC 7:16 · ZEP 3:11 · ZEC 13:4
Shame | verb hit
to be ashamed = state in which someone has forfeited the respect of the community, due to a situation that is not in accordance to someone's status
Shame | verb hif | ≈ חפר | ≠ חָכְמָה · שׂכל
to put to shame, to bring shame = causative action by which someone causes someone else to forfeit the respect of the community, by provoking a situation that is not in accordance to that person's status
2SA 19:6 · PSA 14:6 · PSA 44:8 · PSA 53:6 · PSA 119:31 · PSA 119:116 · PRO 10:5 · PRO 12:4 · PRO 14:35 · PRO 17:2 · PRO 19:26 · PRO 29:15 · HOS 2:7 · ZEC 10:5
verb
Dry | verb qal | ≈ חרב · יבשׁ
to dry up = state of being without water or moisture; ≈ possibly with an implicit connotation of shame
verb
1 ISA 30:5 RSV NRSV ESV "comes to shame" NIV "be put to shame" NJPS "come to shame" NJB "be disappointed" | MT הֹבִאישׁ = באשׁ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בּוֹשׁ 109 vb. be ashamed Qal abs. feel shame
sq. מִן, be ashamed of, i.e. disconcerted, disappointed by reason of
with obj. I am ashamed to ask
Polel delay (in shame)
Hiph. put to shame
put to shame
act shamefully
to be put to shame
be ashamed
Hithp. ashamed before one another
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