Strong's Lexicon

H1322

H1322 — בּוֹשֶׁת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewboshethnoun femOccurrences: 30TWOT: 222b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1322
Word:	בּוֹשֶׁת
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H954
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	30
Transliteration:	bosheth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	bo'-sheth
Meaning:	1. shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause) 2. (by implication, specifically) an idol
KJV Renderings:	ashamed, confusion, + greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB983

בּ֫שֶׁת noun feminine shame Job 8:22 + 20 t.; suffix בָּשְׁתִּי Ps 69:20 + 7 t.

1. shame 1Sam 20:30 (twice in verse); Ps 40:16; Ps 69:20; Ps 70:4; Isa 30:3; Isa 30:5; Isa 61:7; Jer 2:26; Jer 3:25; Jer 20:18; Hab 2:10; Zeph 3:5; Zeph 3:19 לָבַשׁ בּשֶׁת clothe with shame Job 8:22; Ps 35:26; Ps 132:18 || עטה בשׁת Ps 109:29 בּשֶׁת (ה)פָּנִים shame (or confusion) of face 2Chr 32:21 ; Ezra 9:7; Dan 9:7; Dan 9:8, compare Ps 44:16; Jer 7:19 בּשֶׁת עֲלוּמֶיךָ shame of thy youth Isa 54:4 עֶרְיָהבֿשֶׁת nakedness (that is) shame Mic 1:11 compare Ps 45:5 בּשֶׁת עֶרְוַת אמך 1Sam 20:30.

2. shameful thing, substituted for בַּעַל (q. v.) by later editors, Hos 9:10; Jer 3:24 מִזְבְּחוֺת לַבּשֶׁת Jer 11:13, compare יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת 2Sam 11:21 = יְרֻבַּעַל Judg 6:32 אִישׁבּֿשֶׁת 2Sam 2:8 = אֶשְׁבַּעַל 1Chr 8:33.

BDB4674

מֹ֫לֶךְ proper name [of a divinity] Molech ( ᵐ5 Μολοχ, ᵑ9 Moloch) (= מֶלֶךְ i.e. (divine) King , with vowels of בּשֶׁת to denote abhorrence, Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 1883, 124} RS^{Semitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372}; compare Hoffm^{GG Abh. xxxvi. 1890 a (May, 1889), 25}; Phoenician proper name, of divinity מלך Milk, in proper names compare Bloch, Dr^{Dt.222 f.}); — with article ׳ הַמּ: — the god to whom Israel sacrificed children with fire (in valley of Hinnom); ׳ העביר בָּנֵשׁ לַ מּ 2Kgs 23:10 ׳ העביר לַמּ Jer 32:35 (|| הַבַּעַל), Lev 18:21 ( H ); ׳ נתן לַמּ Lev 20:2; Lev 20:3; Lev 20:4 ( H ); more generally ׳ לִזְנוֺת אַחֲרֵי הַמּ Lev 20:5 ( H ). In 1Kgs 11:7 read probably מִלְכֹּם , q. v.

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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
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