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בֹּשֶׁת H1322
H1322 is the Hebrew word בֹּשֶׁת, transliterated bôsheth and said bo'-sheth. The King James Version most often renders it shame.
What it means
shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol.
Where it comes from
from H954 (בּוּשׁ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 27 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: ashamed, confusion, [phrase] greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).
Verses using בֹּשֶׁת
All 26 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 20:30 · KJV
Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
2 Chronicles 32:21 · KJV
And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
Ezra 9:7 · KJV
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Job 8:22 · KJV
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Psalm 35:26 · KJV
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
Psalm 40:15 · KJV
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Psalm 44:15 · KJV
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Psalm 69:19 · KJV
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
Psalm 70:3 · KJV
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Psalm 109:29 · KJV
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Psalm 132:18 · KJV
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Isaiah 30:3 · KJV
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 30:5 · KJV
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
Isaiah 42:17 · KJV
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
Isaiah 54:4 · KJV
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah 61:7 · KJV
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Jeremiah 2:26 · KJV
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
Jeremiah 3:24 · KJV
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Jeremiah 3:25 · KJV
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah 7:19 · KJV
Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
Jeremiah 11:13 · KJV
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Daniel 9:7 · KJV
O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Daniel 9:8 · KJV
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Hosea 9:10 · KJV
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Micah 1:11 · KJV
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Habakkuk 2:10 · KJV
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1322 mean?
H1322 is the Hebrew word בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth), meaning shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol.
How is H1322 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it shame (14 times), confusion (3 times), thine own confusion (1 time), before me and the shame (1 time), themselves with their own confusion (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1322 appear in the Bible?
בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth) is tagged in 26 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1322 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H954 (בּוּשׁ).
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