בֹּ֫שֶׁת
bo.shetshameHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine30 occurrences12 books29 verses
Definition
from H954; shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
Traditional renderings: ashamed, confusion, greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).
Traditional renderings: ashamed, confusion, greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בֹּ֫שֶׁת:
- αἰσχύνηaischunē“shame”92%
- καίkai“and”4%
- καταισχύνωkataischunō“to dishonor”4%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
30 total
- 1 Samuel 20:30לְבָ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ · to your own shame; וּלְבֹ֖שֶׁת · and to the shameThen 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 shame of the mother who bore you?
- 2 Chronicles 32:21בְּבֹ֨שֶׁת · in disgrace…and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
- Ezra 9:7וּבְבֹ֥שֶׁת · and humiliationFrom the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
- Job 8:22בֹ֑שֶׁת · in shameYour enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Psalm 35:26בֹ֥שֶׁת · in shameMay those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Psalm 40:15בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם · their own shameMay those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
- Psalm 44:15וּבֹ֖שֶׁת · and shameAll day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
- Psalm 69:19וּ֭בָשְׁתִּי · my shameYou know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
- Psalm 70:3בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם · their shameMay those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
- Psalm 109:29בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃ · their shameMay my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
- Psalm 132:18בֹּ֑שֶׁת · with shameI will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
- Isaiah 30:3לְבֹ֑שֶׁת · shameBut Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
- Isaiah 30:5לְבֹ֖שֶׁת · only shame…everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”
- Isaiah 42:17בֹ֔שֶׁת · in utterBut those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
- Isaiah 54:4בֹ֤שֶׁת · the shameDo 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 youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
- Isaiah 61:7בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ · of shameInstead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
- Jeremiah 2:26כְּבֹ֤שֶׁת · is ashamedAs the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
- Jeremiah 3:24וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת · that shameful [god]From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
- Jeremiah 3:25בְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּ · in our shameLet us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
- Jeremiah 7:19בֹּ֥שֶׁת · to their own shameBut am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
- Jeremiah 11:13לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת · of shameYour gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
- Jeremiah 20:18בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת · in shameWhy did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
- Daniel 9:7בֹּ֥שֶׁת · with shameTo You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
- Daniel 9:8בֹּ֣שֶׁת · with shameO LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
- Hosea 9:10לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת · themselves to ShameI found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
- Micah 1:11בֹ֑שֶׁת · in shamefulDepart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
- Habakkuk 2:10בֹּ֖שֶׁת · shameYou have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
- Zephaniah 3:5בֹּֽשֶׁת׃ · shameThe LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
- Zephaniah 3:19בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃ · for the disgracedBehold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.