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Hebrew verb · H954

בּוּשׁ

bushboosh

be ashamed

127 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: bûwsh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H954is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 94
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H954

properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

The King James renders it: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

bush is rendered "be ashamed". It stands 127 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Thirty-five of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:25And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
  • The Greek text spells it ninety-four different ways.

The first use

And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirty-five of the word's 127 uses are in Jeremiah.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • they will be ashamed17
  • may they be ashamed9
  • it will be ashamed5
  • they are ashamed5
  • you will be ashamed5
  • be ashamed4
  • I be ashamed4
  • it will be put to shame4
  • acts shamefully3
  • and they may be ashamed3
  • and they will be ashamed3
  • I will be ashamed3

and 46 more, 127 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

בּוּזbuzto despiseUses12
בּוּסbusto trampleUses12
בּוּזbuzcontemptUses11
בּוּץbutsfine linenUses8
בּוּשָׁהbushahshameUses4
בּוּךְbukto perplexUses3
בּוּלbulproduceUses2
בּוּזִיBuziBuziteUses2
בּוּלBulBulUses1
בּוּרburto explainUses1
בּוּתbuthto lodgeUses1
בּוּזָהbuzahcontemptUses1

and 1 more on the stem.

All 127, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

94 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ5
  • יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ5
  • הֹבִ֥ישׁ4
  • אֵבֽוֹשׁ׃3
  • בֹּ֥שׁוּ3
  • הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ3
  • יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ3
  • יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ3
  • בּ֣וֹשׁ2
  • הֹבִ֖ישָׁה2
  • הֹבִ֥ישָׁה2
  • וָבֹ֑שׁוּ2

and 82 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural30HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural8HVqp3cp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural6HVhp3cp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVhp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular6HVqc1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)6HVqcc
  • HC/Vqu3mp5HC/Vqu3mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular5HVhp3fs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular5HVhrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular4HVqi1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular4HVqi2fs
  • Hc/Vqq3cp3Hc/Vqq3cp

Genesis

one use
  • And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

    Genesis 2:25

    • יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ׃yitboshashuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they were ashamed

Exodus

one use
  • Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

    Exodus 32:1

    • בֹשֵׁ֥שׁvosheshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he delayed

Judges

two uses
  • So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

    Judges 3:25

    • בּ֔וֹשׁbooshverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: were ashamed
  • Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

    Judges 5:28

    • בֹּשֵׁ֤שׁbosheshverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: has it delayed

2 Samuel

one use
  • Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.

    2 Samuel 19:5

    • הֹבַ֨שְׁתָּhovashtaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have put to shame

2 Kings

three uses
  • But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

    2 Kings 2:17

    • בֹּ֖שׁboshverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: was ashamed
  • Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.

    2 Kings 8:11

    • בֹּ֑שׁboshverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: was ashamed
  • Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

    2 Kings 19:26

    • וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּvaiyevoshuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were ashamed

Ezra

two uses
  • For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

    Ezra 8:22

    • בֹ֗שְׁתִּיvoshetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was ashamed
  • and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

    Ezra 9:6

    • בֹּ֣שְׁתִּיboshetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am ashamed

Job

two uses
  • They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.

    Job 6:20

    • בֹּ֥שׁוּboshuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are disappointed
  • Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

    Job 19:3

    • תֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּtevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have been ashamed

Psalms

thirty-four uses
  • All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

    Psalms 6:10

    • יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ׀yevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed
    • יֵבֹ֥שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.

    Psalms 14:6

    • תָבִ֑ישׁוּtavishuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will put to shame
  • They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.

    Psalms 22:5

    • בֽוֹשׁוּ׃vooshuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were ashamed
  • in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

    Psalms 25:2

    • אֵב֑וֹשָׁהʾevooshahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I be ashamed
  • Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

    Psalms 25:3

    • יֵבֹ֑שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
    • יֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.

    Psalms 25:20

    • אֵ֝ב֗וֹשׁʾevooshverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I be put to shame
  • In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

    Psalms 31:1

    • אֵב֣וֹשָׁהʾevooshahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I be ashamed
  • O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

    Psalms 31:17

    • אֵ֭בוֹשָׁהʾevoshahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I be ashamed
    • יֵבֹ֥שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed
  • May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

    Psalms 35:4

    • יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed
  • May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

    Psalms 35:26

    • יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed
  • In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

    Psalms 37:19

    • יֵ֭בֹשׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

    Psalms 40:14

    • יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed
  • For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

    Psalms 44:7

    • הֱבִישֽׁוֹתָ׃hevishotaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have put to shame
  • There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

    Psalms 53:5

    • הֱ֝בִשֹׁ֗תָהhevishotahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have put to shame
  • May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

    Psalms 69:6

    • יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they be ashamed
  • May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

    Psalms 70:2

    • יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed
  • In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

    Psalms 71:1

    • אֵב֥וֹשָׁהʾevooshahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I be ashamed
  • May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

    Psalms 71:13

    • יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed
  • My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

    Psalms 71:24

    • בֹ֥שׁוּvoshuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are ashamed
  • May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

    Psalms 83:17

    • יֵבֹ֖שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed
  • Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

    Psalms 86:17

    • וְיֵבֹ֑שׁוּveyevoshuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may be ashamed
  • All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

    Psalms 97:7

    • יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ׀yevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them be ashamed
  • Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

    Psalms 109:28

    • וַיֵּבֹ֗שׁוּvaiyevoshuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have been ashamed
  • Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

    Psalms 119:6

    • אֵב֑וֹשׁʾevooshverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be ashamed
  • I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

    Psalms 119:31

    • תְּבִישֵֽׁנִי׃tevisheniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you put to shame me
  • I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

    Psalms 119:46

    • אֵבֽוֹשׁ׃ʾevooshverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be ashamed
  • May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.

    Psalms 119:78

    • יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them be ashamed
  • May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

    Psalms 119:80

    • אֵבֽוֹשׁ׃ʾevooshverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be ashamed
  • Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

    Psalms 119:116

    • תְּ֝בִישֵׁ֗נִיtevisheniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you put to shame me
  • Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

    Psalms 127:5

    • יֵבֹ֑שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

    Psalms 129:5

    • יֵ֭בֹשׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be ashamed

Proverbs

six uses
  • He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

    Proverbs 10:5

    • מֵבִֽישׁ׃mevishverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: acts shamefully
  • A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

    Proverbs 12:4

    • מְבִישָֽׁה׃mevishahverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singulartagged: a acts shamefully
  • A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.

    Proverbs 14:35

    • מֵבִֽישׁ׃mevishverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: acts shamefully
  • A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

    Proverbs 17:2

    • מֵבִ֑ישׁmevishverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: acts shamefully
  • He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

    Proverbs 19:26

    • מֵבִ֥ישׁmevishverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: brings shame
  • A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

    Proverbs 29:15

    • מֵבִ֥ישׁmevishverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: putting to shame

Isaiah

twenty-two uses
  • Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

    Isaiah 1:29

    • יֵבֹ֔שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

    Isaiah 19:9

    • וּבֹ֛שׁוּuvoshuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be ashamed
  • Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

    Isaiah 20:5

    • וָבֹ֑שׁוּvavoshuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be ashamed
  • Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

    Isaiah 23:4

    • בּ֣וֹשִׁיbooshiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: be ashamed
  • The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.

    Isaiah 24:23

    • וּבוֹשָׁ֖הuvoshahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will be ashamed
  • O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

    Isaiah 26:11

    • וְיֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙veyevoshuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may be ashamed
  • Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.

    Isaiah 29:22

    • יֵבוֹשׁ֙yevooshverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be ashamed
  • everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

    Isaiah 30:5

    • הֹבִ֔ישׁhivishverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be ashamed
  • Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

    Isaiah 37:27

    • וָבֹ֑שׁוּvavoshuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: and they were ashamed
  • Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

    Isaiah 41:11

    • יֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙yevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

    Isaiah 42:17

    • יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

    Isaiah 44:9

    • יֵבֹֽשׁוּ׃yevoshuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they may be ashamed
  • Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

    Isaiah 44:11

    • יֵבֹ֔שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
    • יֵבֹ֥שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them be ashamed
  • They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

    Isaiah 45:16

    • בּ֥וֹשׁוּbooshuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.

    Isaiah 45:17

    • תֵבֹ֥שׁוּtevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be ashamed
  • Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

    Isaiah 45:24

    • וְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּveyevoshuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may be ashamed
  • Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

    Isaiah 49:23

    • יֵבֹ֖שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

    Isaiah 50:7

    • אֵבֽוֹשׁ׃ʾevooshverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be put to shame
  • Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

    Isaiah 54:4

    • תֵב֔וֹשִׁיtevooshiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be put to shame
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

    Isaiah 65:13

    • תֵּבֹֽשׁוּ׃tevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be ashamed
  • You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”

    Isaiah 66:5

    • יֵבֹֽשׁוּ׃yevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed

Jeremiah

thirty-five uses
  • As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

    Jeremiah 2:26

    • הֹבִ֖ישׁוּhovishuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been put to shame
  • How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

    Jeremiah 2:36

    • תֵּב֔וֹשִׁיtevooshiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be ashamed
    • בֹּ֖שְׁתְּboshetverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you were ashamed
  • Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

    Jeremiah 6:15

    • הֹבִ֕ישׁוּhovishuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: are they ashamed
    • בּ֣וֹשׁbooshverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: at all ashamed
    • יֵב֗וֹשׁוּyevooshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are ashamed
  • The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

    Jeremiah 8:9

    • הֹבִ֣ישׁוּhovishuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be put to shame
  • Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

    Jeremiah 8:12

    • הֹבִ֕שׁוּhovishuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: are they ashamed
    • בּ֣וֹשׁbooshverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: at all ashamed
    • יֵבֹ֗שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are ashamed
  • For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

    Jeremiah 9:19

    • בֹּ֤שְׁנֽוּboshenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have been put to shame
  • They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

    Jeremiah 12:13

    • וּבֹ֙שׁוּ֙uvoshuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be ashamed
  • The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

    Jeremiah 14:3

    • בֹּ֥שׁוּboshuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are ashamed
  • The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

    Jeremiah 14:4

    • בֹּ֥שׁוּboshuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are ashamed
  • The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 15:9

    • בּ֣וֹשָׁהbooshahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she is ashamed
  • O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

    Jeremiah 17:13

    • יֵבֹ֑שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

    Jeremiah 17:18

    • יֵבֹ֤שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them be put to shame
    • אֵבֹ֣שָׁהʾevoshahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I be put to shame
  • But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

    Jeremiah 20:11

    • בֹּ֤שׁוּboshuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

    Jeremiah 22:22

    • תֵּבֹ֙שִׁי֙tevoshiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be ashamed
  • After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

    Jeremiah 31:19

    • בֹּ֚שְׁתִּיboshetiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was ashamed
  • The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”

    Jeremiah 46:24

    • הֹבִ֖ישָׁהhovishahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be put to shame
  • Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.

    Jeremiah 48:1

    • הֹבִ֥ישָׁהhovishahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be put to shame
    • הֹבִ֥ישָׁהhovishahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be put to shame
  • Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.

    Jeremiah 48:13

    • וּבֹ֥שׁuvoshHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be ashamed
    • בֹּ֙שׁוּ֙boshuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were ashamed
  • Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

    Jeremiah 48:20

    • הֹבִ֥ישׁhovishverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been put to shame
  • “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”

    Jeremiah 48:39

    • בּ֑וֹשׁbooshverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: it will be ashamed
  • Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

    Jeremiah 49:23

    • בּ֤וֹשָֽׁהbooshahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be ashamed
  • “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

    Jeremiah 50:2

    • הֹבִ֥ישׁhovishverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be put to shame
    • הֹבִ֣ישׁוּhovishuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be put to shame
  • your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

    Jeremiah 50:12

    • בּ֤וֹשָׁהbooshahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will be ashamed
  • Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

    Jeremiah 51:17

    • הֹבִ֥ישׁhovishverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is put to shame
  • Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.

    Jeremiah 51:47

    • תֵּב֑וֹשׁtevooshverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be ashamed
  • “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

    Jeremiah 51:51

    • בֹּ֚שְׁנוּboshenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are ashamed

Ezekiel

four uses
  • So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

    Ezekiel 16:52

    • בּ֙וֹשִׁי֙boshiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: be ashamed
  • so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

    Ezekiel 16:63

    • וָבֹ֔שְׁתְּvavoshetHc/Vqq2fstagged: and you will be ashamed
  • All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

    Ezekiel 32:30

    • בּוֹשִׁ֔יםboshimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: being ashamed
  • It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!

    Ezekiel 36:32

    • בּ֧וֹשׁוּbooshuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be ashamed

Hosea

three uses
  • For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

    Hosea 2:5

    • הֹבִ֖ישָׁהhovishahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has acted shamefully
  • The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.

    Hosea 4:19

    • וְיֵבֹ֖שׁוּveyevoshuHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may be ashamed
  • Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.

    Hosea 10:6

    • וְיֵב֥וֹשׁveyevooshHC/Vqu3mstagged: and it may be ashamed

Joel

five uses
  • Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

    Joel 1:11

    • הֹבִ֣ישׁוּhovishuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: be ashamed
  • The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

    Joel 1:12

    • הוֹבִ֔ישָׁהhovishahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has dried up
    • הֹבִ֥ישׁhovishverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been ashamed
  • You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.

    Joel 2:26

    • יֵבֹ֥שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed
  • Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.

    Joel 2:27

    • יֵבֹ֥שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed

Micah

two uses
  • Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”

    Micah 3:7

    • וּבֹ֣שׁוּuvoshuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be ashamed
  • Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

    Micah 7:16

    • וְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּveyevoshuHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may be ashamed

Zephaniah

one use
  • On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.

    Zephaniah 3:11

    • תֵב֙וֹשִׁי֙tevooshiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be ashamed

Zechariah

three uses
  • Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.

    Zechariah 9:5

    • הֹבִ֣ישׁhovishverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be ashamed
  • They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

    Zechariah 10:5

    • וְהֹבִ֖ישׁוּvehovishuHc/Vhq3cptagged: and they will put to shame
  • And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

    Zechariah 13:4

    • יֵבֹ֧שׁוּyevoshuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ashamed

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