בּוּשָׁה
busha · shame
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H955 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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busha (בּוּשָׁה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “shame”.
A disgrace that covers someone.
How to say it
bu·sha
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Public disgrace that falls on one who has done wrong or been defeated.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Psalms 89:45
You have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah.
- Ezekiel 7:18
And they will gird on sackcloth, and shuddering will cover them; and on all faces will be shame, and on all their heads baldness.
- Obadiah 1:10
Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.
- Micah 7:10
And my enemy will see, and shame will cover her, who said to me, “Where is YHWH your Elohim?” My eyes will look on her; now she will be for trampling like the mud of the streets.