בּוֹשׁ
bush
“be ashamed”
Definition
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
a primitive root;
- 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
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Occurrences
בּוֹשׁ appears 100 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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.
everyone will be put to shamebecause of a people useless to them.They cannot be of help;they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
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.
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.
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,that I may not be put to shame.KAPH
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