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בּוּשׁ H954

H954 is the Hebrew word בּוּשׁ, transliterated bûwsh and said boosh. The King James Version most often renders it ashamed.

Word: בּוּשׁTransliteration: bûwshSaid: booshLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 83 verses

What it means

properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 83 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

ashamed 53×confounded 17×hast put them to shame 2×causeth shame 2×all 2×delayed 1×till they were ashamed 1×long 1×till he was ashamed 1×until he was ashamed 1×shamed 1×long for they are confounded 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

Verses using בּוּשׁ

The first 40 of 83 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 32:1 · KJV

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Judges 3:25 · KJV

And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

Judges 5:28 · KJV

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

2 Kings 2:17 · KJV

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

2 Kings 8:11 · KJV

And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

2 Kings 19:26 · KJV

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

Ezra 8:22 · KJV

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

Ezra 9:6 · KJV

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 unto the heavens.

Job 6:20 · KJV

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

Job 19:3 · KJV

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

Psalm 6:10 · KJV

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Psalm 14:6 · KJV

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

Psalm 25:2 · KJV

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Psalm 25:3 · KJV

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Psalm 25:20 · KJV

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Psalm 31:1 · KJV

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Psalm 31:17 · KJV

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Psalm 35:4 · KJV

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

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 37:19 · KJV

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Psalm 40:14 · KJV

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Psalm 44:7 · KJV

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

Psalm 53:5 · KJV

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Psalm 69:6 · KJV

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Psalm 70:2 · KJV

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Psalm 71:13 · KJV

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Psalm 71:24 · KJV

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalm 83:17 · KJV

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

Psalm 86:17 · KJV

Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Psalm 97:7 · KJV

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Psalm 109:28 · KJV

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Psalm 119:6 · KJV

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Psalm 119:78 · KJV

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

Psalm 119:116 · KJV

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Psalm 127:5 · KJV

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Psalm 129:5 · KJV

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Proverbs 12:4 · KJV

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 17:2 · KJV

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 19:26 · KJV

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Isaiah 1:29 · KJV

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

Common questions

What does Strong's H954 mean?

H954 is the Hebrew word בּוּשׁ (bûwsh), meaning properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed.

How is H954 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it ashamed (53 times), confounded (17 times), hast put them to shame (2 times), causeth shame (2 times), all (2 times), among others.

How many times does H954 appear in the Bible?

בּוּשׁ (bûwsh) is tagged in 83 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H954 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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