H955 בּוּשָׁה (bûwshâh) boo-shaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shame

Strong's Definition

shame

Derivation: feminine participle passive of H954 (בּוּשׁ);

KJV Usage: shame.

TWOT Reference: 222a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) shame

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בּוּשָׁה (bu.shah) — shame. shame

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בּוּשָׁה (H0955)

noun f · בושׁ

Shame

Collocation: עטה בּוּשָׁה · כסה בוּשָׁה

shame = state in which someone has forfeited the respect of the community, due to a situation that is not in accordance to someone's status

PSA 89:46 · EZK 7:18 · OBA 1:10 · MIC 7:10

¹ PSA 89:46 DCH, following Dahood suggests the possibility of a בּוּשָׁה II meaning "dryness" (= sterility)

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בּוּשָׁה n.f. shame base

Bible Occurrences (4)

89:45

7:18

1:10

7:10

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth, and terror... will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

Obadiah 1:10

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

Micah 7:10

Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame — she who said to me, Where is the LORD your God? My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.