בּוּשָׁהbûwshâh

shame (Psalms 89:46; Micah 7:10; Obadiah 1:10; Ezekiel 7:18)

Pronunciation: boo-shaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H955

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 89:45 You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude
  • Ezekiel 7:18 They will dress themselves in burlap; horror and shame will cover them. They will shave their heads in sorrow and remorse.
  • Obadiah 1:10 “Because of the violence you did to your close relatives in Israel, you will be filled with shame and destroyed forever.
  • Micah 7:10 Then my enemies will see that the Lord is on my side. They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying, “So where is the Lord— that God of yours?” With my own eyes I will see their downfall; they will be trampled like mud in the streets.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).