בּוּשׁ
bûwsh · boosh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
- properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed
- also, (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
The house, what is within that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בּוּשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
127 occurrences · 127 OT · 0 NT · 94 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- be ashamed8 · 14%
- ashamed5 · 9%
- let them be ashamed5 · 9%
- and they shall be ashamed4 · 7%
- let them be confounded4 · 7%
- shall be ashamed4 · 7%
- that causeth shame3 · 5%
- confounded3 · 5%
- and confounded2 · 4%
- shall be confounded2 · 4%
- and be confounded2 · 4%
- and be ashamed2 · 4%
- till they were ashamed1 · 2%
- in thee: let me not be ashamed1 · 2%
- in thee, and were not confounded1 · 2%
- delayed1 · 2%
- me: ye are not ashamed1 · 2%
- they were confounded1 · 2%
- i am ashamed1 · 2%
- for i was ashamed1 · 2%
- until he was ashamed1 · 2%
- ye have shamed1 · 2%
- him till he was ashamed1 · 2%
- so long1 · 2%
- and were not ashamed1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.