Boshet בֹּ֫שֶׁת

Boshet (Hebrew בֹּ֫שֶׁת, Strong's H1322) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “shame”. It occurs 30 times in 29 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Shame

Verses

Every verse with Boshet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

• 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?Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 32:21
  And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

Ezra

• 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.From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

Job

• Job 8:22
  They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

Psalms

• Psalm 35:26
  Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
• Psalm 40:15
  Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
• Psalm 44:15
  My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
• Psalm 69:19
  Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
• Psalm 70:3
  Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
• Psalm 109:29
  Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
• Psalm 132:18
  His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”

Isaiah

• Isaiah 30:3
  Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
• Isaiah 30:5
  They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
• Isaiah 42:17
  They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
• Isaiah 54:4
  Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
• Isaiah 61:7
  For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:26
  As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
• Jeremiah 3:24
  For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
• Jeremiah 3:25
  We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
• Jeremiah 7:19
  Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
• Jeremiah 11:13
  For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
• Jeremiah 20:18
  Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Daniel

• Daniel 9:7
  O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
• Daniel 9:8
  O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

Hosea

• 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.I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

Micah

• Micah 1:11
  Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth–ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 2:10
  Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:5
  The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
• Zephaniah 3:19
  Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).