בֹּשֶׁת
bōšet
shame
Strong's H1322NounHebrewTWOT 222c

בֹּשֶׁת (bōšet) is a Hebrew noun meaning shame. It appears 31 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1322).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 222c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 222c)shame; shameful thing; idol; ashamed, confusion, greatly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בֹּ֫שֶׁת noun, feminine: shame

Strong's H1322 בֹּשֶׁת: shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
KJV:ashamed, confusion, greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 222: בּוֹשׁ bôš — be ashamed; feel shame, be ashamed of, disconcerted, disappointed by reason of; delay; put to shame, act shamefully, to be put to shame; ashamed before one another; pale, be disappointed; shamed, shamedd, be confounded, become dry…

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 20:302 Samuel 21:72 Chronicles 32:21

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