בּוֹשׁ bush

Hebrew word for “be ashamed” · Strong’s H954 · used 127 times in 113 verses

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Meaning

1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed;

How it is translated

Glosses given for bush in context, with how often each is used:

• will be ashamed 38
• ashamed 29
• may they be ashamed 9
• will be put to shame 8
• may be ashamed 7
• put to shame 5
• them be ashamed 3
• have put to shame 2
• have been ashamed 2
• will put to shame 2
• who acts shamefully 2
• have been put to shame 2

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (6), Jeremiah 48 (4), Psalms 25 (3), Psalms 71 (3), Isaiah 45 (3), Jeremiah 51 (3), Psalms 31 (2), Psalms 35 (2), Isaiah 44 (2), Jeremiah 2 (2)

Forms

• יבשׁו 31
• ויבשׁו 7
• בשׁו 6
• הבישׁ 6
• אבושׁ 5
• מבישׁ 5
• ובשׁו 5
• הבישׁו 5
• בושׁ 4
• אבושׁה 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bush more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּלַם kalam “be humiliated” 17
• חָפֵר chapher “be ashamed” 14
• חָתַת chatat “to to be dismayed” 10
• כְּלִמָּה kelimmah “shame” 8
• אַל al “not” 11
• גַּם gam “also” 11
• בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 8
• סוּג sug “to turn” 5
• רַע ra “bad” 10
• בֹּשֶׁת boshet “shame” 5
• אָחוֹר achor “back” 5
• יָדַע yada “to know” 9

Key verses

The verses using bush that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 9:6 — And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up…
• Isaiah 26:11 — LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall…
• Isaiah 44:9 — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know;…
• Isaiah 45:17 — But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
• Isaiah 45:24 — Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
• Isaiah 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the…
• Isaiah 65:13 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my…
• Isaiah 66:5 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified:…
• Jeremiah 17:13 — O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the…
• Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in…
• Ezekiel 16:63 — That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast…
• Zechariah 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.