Strong's Hebrew: 1322. בֹּ֫שֶׁת (bosheth) -- Shame, disgrace

Strong's Lexicon

bosheth: Shame, disgrace

Original Word: בּשֶׁת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: bosheth
Pronunciation: bo'-sheth
Phonetic Spelling: (bo'-sheth)
Definition: Shame, disgrace
Meaning: shame, an idol

Word Origin: Derived from the root בּוּשׁ (bush), meaning "to be ashamed" or "to feel shame."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G152 (aischynē): Shame, disgrace

- G1519 (eis): Often used in contexts of direction or purpose, but in some contexts, it can relate to states of being, such as entering into shame.

Usage: The Hebrew word "bosheth" primarily denotes a state of shame or disgrace. It is often used in the context of moral or spiritual failure, reflecting a condition of dishonor or humiliation. In the Old Testament, "bosheth" can refer to both personal shame and national disgrace, often associated with idolatry or sin against God.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, honor and shame were significant social values. Shame was not only a personal feeling but also a public state that affected one's standing in the community. The concept of "bosheth" is deeply tied to the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where disobedience and idolatry brought shame upon the people. The use of "bosheth" in the Bible often highlights the contrast between the holiness of God and the sinful nature of humanity.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from bosh
Definition
shame, shameful thing
NASB Translation
humiliation* (1), shame (21), shame* (2), shameful (1), shameful thing (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בּ֫שֶׁת noun feminine shame Job 8:22 20t.; suffix בָּשְׁתִּי Psalm 69:20 7t.

1 shame 1 Samuel 20:30 (twice in verse); Psalm 40:16; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 70:4; Isaiah 30:3,5; Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 3:25; Jeremiah 20:18; Habakkuk 2:10; Zephaniah 3:5,19; לָבַשׁ בּשֶׁת clothe with shame Job 8:22; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 132:18; "" עטה בשׁת Psalm 109:29; בּשֶׁת (ה)מָּנִים shame (or confusion) of face2Chronicles 32:21; Ezra 9:7; Daniel 9:7,8, compare Psalm 44:16; Jeremiah 7:19; בּשֶׁת עֲלוּמֶיךָ shame of thy youth Isaiah 54:4; עֶרְיָהבֿשֶׁת nakedness (that is) shame Micah 1:11 compare Psalm 45:5; בּשֶׁת עֶרְוַת אמך 1 Samuel 20:30.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

ashamed, confusion, greatly, put to shameful thing

From buwsh; shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol -- ashamed, confusion, + greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).

see HEBREW buwsh

Forms and Transliterations

בְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּ בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת בְּבֹ֨שֶׁת בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃ בֹ֑שֶׁת בֹ֔שֶׁת בֹ֖שֶׁת בֹ֤שֶׁת בֹ֥שֶׁת בֹּ֑שֶׁת בֹּ֖שֶׁת בֹּ֣שֶׁת בֹּ֥שֶׁת בֹּֽשֶׁת׃ בבשת בבשתנו בשת בשת׃ בשתכם בשתם בשתם׃ וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת וּ֭בָשְׁתִּי וּבְבֹ֥שֶׁת וּבֹ֖שֶׁת וּלְבֹ֖שֶׁת ובבשת ובשת ובשתי והבשת ולבשת כְּבֹ֤שֶׁת כבשת לְבָ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ לְבֹ֑שֶׁת לְבֹ֖שֶׁת לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת לבשת לבשתך bā·šə·tām bā·šə·tə·ḵem bāšətām bāšətəḵem basheTam basheteChem bə·ḇā·šə·tê·nū bə·ḇō·šeṯ bəḇāšətênū bəḇōšeṯ bevasheTenu beVoshet bō·šeṯ ḇō·šeṯ bōšeṯ ḇōšeṯ Boshet kə·ḇō·šeṯ kəḇōšeṯ keVoshet lab·bō·šeṯ labbōšeṯ labBoshet lə·ḇā·šə·tə·ḵā lə·ḇō·šeṯ ləḇāšətəḵā ləḇōšeṯ leVashetecha leVoshet ū·ḇā·šə·tî ū·ḇə·ḇō·šeṯ ū·ḇō·šeṯ ū·lə·ḇō·šeṯ ūḇāšətî ūḇəḇōšeṯ ūḇōšeṯ ūləḇōšeṯ uleVoshet Uvasheti uveVoshet uVoshet vehabBoshet Voshet wə·hab·bō·šeṯ wəhabbōšeṯ

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Englishman's Concordance

1 Samuel 20:30
HEB: לְבֶן־ יִשַׁ֔י לְבָ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ וּלְבֹ֖שֶׁת עֶרְוַ֥ת
NAS: of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame
KJV: of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion
INT: the son of Jesse shame the shame nakedness

1 Samuel 20:30
HEB: יִשַׁ֔י לְבָ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ וּלְבֹ֖שֶׁת עֶרְוַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's
KJV: to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's
INT: of Jesse shame the shame nakedness of your mother's

2 Samuel 21:7
HEB: עַל־ מְפִי־ בֹ֖שֶׁת בֶּן־ יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן
INT: because Mephibosheth ashamed the son of Jonathan

2 Chronicles 32:21
HEB: אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיָּשָׁב֩ בְּבֹ֨שֶׁת פָּנִ֜ים לְאַרְצ֗וֹ
NAS: So he returned in shame to his own land.
KJV: So he returned with shame of face
INT: of Assyria returned shame of face land

Ezra 9:7
HEB: בַּשְּׁבִ֧י וּבַבִּזָּ֛ה וּבְבֹ֥שֶׁת פָּנִ֖ים כְּהַיּ֥וֹם
NAS: and to open shame, as [it is] this
KJV: and to a spoil, and to confusion of face,
INT: to captivity plunder shame open day

Job 8:22
HEB: שֹׂנְאֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־ בֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֹ֖הֶל רְשָׁעִ֣ים
NAS: you will be clothed with shame, And the tent
KJV: thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling
INT: hate will be clothed shame and the tent of the wicked

Psalm 35:26
HEB: רָעָ֫תִ֥י יִֽלְבְּשׁוּ־ בֹ֥שֶׁת וּכְלִמָּ֑ה הַֽמַּגְדִּילִ֥ים
NAS: Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor
KJV: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour
INT: hurt those be clothed shame and dishonor magnify

Psalm 40:15
HEB: עַל־ עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָאֹמְרִ֥ים לִ֝֗י
NAS: because of their shame Who say
KJV: for a reward of their shame that say
INT: for A reward of their shame say Aha

Psalm 44:15
HEB: כְּלִמָּתִ֣י נֶגְדִּ֑י וּבֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣י כִּסָּֽתְנִי׃
NAS: is before me And my humiliation has overwhelmed
KJV: [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face
INT: my dishonor is before and the shame of my face has overwhelmed

Psalm 69:19
HEB: יָדַ֗עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתִ֣י וּ֭בָשְׁתִּי וּכְלִמָּתִ֑י נֶ֝גְדְּךָ֗
NAS: my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
KJV: my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:
INT: know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor are before

Psalm 70:3
HEB: עַל־ עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָ֝אֹמְרִ֗ים הֶ֘אָ֥ח ׀
NAS: because of their shame Who say,
KJV: for a reward of their shame that say,
INT: for A reward of their shame say Aha

Psalm 109:29
HEB: וְיַעֲט֖וּ כַמְעִ֣יל בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃
NAS: And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
KJV: and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
INT: cover A robe shame

Psalm 132:18
HEB: א֭וֹיְבָיו אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ בֹּ֑שֶׁת וְ֝עָלָ֗יו יָצִ֥יץ
NAS: I will clothe with shame, But upon himself his crown
KJV: will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown
INT: his enemies will clothe shame and shall shine

Isaiah 30:3
HEB: מָע֥וֹז פַּרְעֹ֖ה לְבֹ֑שֶׁת וְהֶחָס֥וּת בְּצֵל־
NAS: of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter
KJV: of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust
INT: the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame and the shelter the shadow

Isaiah 30:5
HEB: לְהוֹעִ֔יל כִּ֥י לְבֹ֖שֶׁת וְגַם־ לְחֶרְפָּֽה׃
NAS: or profit, but for shame and also
KJV: nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
INT: profit for shame and also reproach

Isaiah 42:17
HEB: אָחוֹר֙ יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ בֹ֔שֶׁת הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים בַּפָּ֑סֶל
KJV: back, they shall be greatly ashamed,
INT: back be utterly shall be greatly trust idols

Isaiah 54:4
HEB: תַחְפִּ֑ירִי כִּ֣י בֹ֤שֶׁת עֲלוּמַ֙יִךְ֙ תִּשְׁכָּ֔חִי
NAS: But you will forget the shame of your youth,
KJV: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth,
INT: will not be disgraced for the shame of your youth will forget

Isaiah 61:7
HEB: תַּ֤חַת בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ מִשְׁנֶ֔ה וּכְלִמָּ֖ה
NAS: Instead of your shame [you will have a] double
KJV: For your shame [ye shall have] double;
INT: Instead of your shame double humiliation

Jeremiah 2:26
HEB: כְּבֹ֤שֶׁת גַּנָּב֙ כִּ֣י
KJV: As the thief is ashamed when he is found,
INT: is ashamed as the thief when

Jeremiah 3:24
HEB: וְהַבֹּ֗שֶׁת אָֽכְלָ֛ה אֶת־
NAS: But the shameful thing has consumed
KJV: For shame hath devoured the labour
INT: the shameful has consumed the labor

Jeremiah 3:25
HEB: נִשְׁכְּבָ֣ה בְּבָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּ וּֽתְכַסֵּנוּ֮ כְּלִמָּתֵנוּ֒
NAS: Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation
KJV: We lie down in our shame, and our confusion
INT: lie our shame cover our humiliation

Jeremiah 7:19
HEB: אֹתָ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן בֹּ֥שֶׁת פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ ס
NAS: Is it not themselves [they spite], to their own shame?
KJV: the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
INT: not because of to the confusion their own

Jeremiah 11:13
HEB: שַׂמְתֶּ֤ם מִזְבְּחוֹת֙ לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לְקַטֵּ֥ר
NAS: you have set up to the shameful thing, altars
KJV: altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars
INT: have set are the altars to the shameful altars to burn

Jeremiah 20:18
HEB: וְיָג֑וֹן וַיִּכְל֥וּ בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת יָמָֽי׃ פ
NAS: have been spent in shame?
KJV: should be consumed with shame?
INT: and sorrow have been ashamed my days

Daniel 9:7
HEB: הַצְּדָקָ֔ה וְלָ֛נוּ בֹּ֥שֶׁת הַפָּנִ֖ים כַּיּ֣וֹם
NAS: but to us open shame, as it is this
KJV: righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces,
INT: Lord Righteousness shame open day