בֹּ֫שֶׁת
bo.shet
“shame”
Definition
shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
from H954 (בּוּשׁ);
- shame 1a) shame 1b) shameful thing
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
בֹּ֫שֶׁת appears 25 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
You have plotted shame for your houseby cutting off many peoplesand forfeiting your life.
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 youthand will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
From our youth, that shameful godhas consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds,their sons and daughters.
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace;may they wear their shame like a robe.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.