King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H954
Transliteration: bosh
Phonetic Spelling: (boosh)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be ashamed
Meaning: to pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed
Word Summary
bosh: to be ashamed
Original Word: בּוּשׁTransliteration: bosh
Phonetic Spelling: (boosh)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be ashamed
Meaning: to pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed
Strong's Concordance
make, bring to, cause, put to, with, ashamed, be put to confusion, 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H954. bosh
בּוֺשׁ109 verb be ashamed (Sabean בוס; מהבאס = evil-doer DHMZMG 1883, 375, "" Aramaic בְּהַת, Syriac ; Arabic , mean disperse) —
Qal Perfect Jeremiah 48:39; בּשׁ 48:13; בּוֺשָׁה 15:9; בּשְׁתִּי 31:19 25t.; Imperfect יֵבוֺשׁ Isaiah 29:22 57t.; Infinitive absolute בּוֺשׁ Jeremiah 6:15; 8:12; Imperative בּוֺשִׁי Isaiah 23:4; Ezekiel 16:52, בּוֺשׁוּ 36:32; Participle plural בּוֺשִׁים 32:30; —
1 absolute feel shame Jeremiah 6:15-16t., Isaiah 19:9; 23:4; 37:27; Isa2, 45:16 14t., Ezekiel 16:63; Micah 7:16; Joel 2:26-27, 2 Kings 19:26; Ezekiel 9:6; Job 6:20; Psalm 6:11 (+ 27 t., chiefly in late Psalms).
2 followed by מִן, be ashamed of, i.e. disconcerted, disappointed by reason of Jeremiah 2:36 (twice in verse); 12:13; 48:13; Isaiah 1:29; 20:5; Ezekiel 32:30; 36:32.
3 with object לִשְׁאוֺל בּשְׁתִּי I am ashamed to ask Ezekiel 8:22; לִי תַּהְכְּרוּ תֵבשׁוּ לֹא ye are not ashamed to deal hardly with me (imperfect subject) Job 19:3. בּושׁ often "" נכלם & חפר; וְהָכְלְמוּ בּשׁוּ they are ashamed and confounded Jeremiah 14:3; 22:22; Isa2, Isaiah 41:11; 45:16; 45:17; Ezekiel 16:52; 36:32; Psalm 35:4; 69:7; Ezekiel 9:6; הַקֹּסְמִים וְחָֽפְרוּ הַחֹזִים וּבשׁוּ and the seers shall be ashamed and the diviners confounded Micah 3:7, compare Jeremiah 15:9; Job 6:20; Psalm 35:26; 40:15; 70:3; 71:24; מְקוֺרוֺ יֵבוֺשׁ Hosea 13:15 (read יִיבַשׁ be dry); עַדבּֿוֺשׁ to the point of confusion Judges 3:25 (compare GFM), 2 Kings 2:17; 8:11.
Polel Perfect בּשֵׁשׁ delay (in shame), לָרֶדֶת משֶׁה בּשֵׁשׁ Moses delayed to descend Exodus 32:1 (J), לָבוֺא רִכְבּוֺ בּשֵׁשׁ מַדּוּעַ why delay his chariots to come ? Judges 5:28.
Hiph`il 1. הֱבִישׁוֺתָ Psalm 44:8; הֱבִישֹׁתָה 53:6; Imperfect2masculine singular suffix תְּבִישֵׁנִי 119:31; 119:116; תָּבִישׁוּ 14:6; put to shame, Participle מֵבִישׁ Proverbs 10:5; 14:35; 19:26; 29:15; one causing shame or acting shamefully, "" מִשְׂכִּיל; מֵבִישׁ בְּבֵן יִמְשֹׁל מַשְׂכִּיל עֶבֶד a servant acting wisely will rule over a son causing shame 17:2; מְבִישָׁה "" חַיִל אֵשֶׁת 12:4.
2 הוֺבִישׁ 2 Samuel 19:6; Jeremiah 2:26; 6:15; Joel 1:10, 12; הֹבִישׁ Jeremiah 10:14 7t., 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 v 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; 6:15; 46:24; 48:1 (twice in verse); 48:20; 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 = 51:17.
Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְבּשָׁ֑שׁוּ ashamed before one another Genesis 2:25 (J).