The meaning of “בֹּשֶׁת”
Understanding bôsheth reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
ashamed, confusion, [phrase] greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing). - shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its...
בֹּשֶׁת
ashamed, confusion, [phrase] greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing). - shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause) - by implication (specifically) an idol 1) shame 1a) shame 1b) shameful thing
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel 20:30 | “Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?” Word: בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth) | |
| Ezra 9:7 | “Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.” Word: בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth) | |
| Psalms 69:19 | “Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.” Word: בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth) | |
| Jeremiah 7:19 | “Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?” Word: בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth) | |
| Hosea 9:10 | “I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal–peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.” Word: בֹּשֶׁת (bôsheth) |