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Strong's H954 בּוּשׁ (bush)

Bush means “delay” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G954 — beelzeboul (“Beelzebub”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H954
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 104
Books 16

Strong's H954 Quick Answer

Strong's H954 בּוּשׁ (buwsh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. buwsh (boosh) v. 1. (properly) to pale 2. (by implication) to be ashamed It has 104 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include ashamed, put, also, bringeth, and they. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
buwsh (boosh) v. 1. (properly) to pale 2. (by implication) to be ashamed
Usage
104 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
ashamed, put, also, bringeth, and they

Meaning and Definition

buwsh (boosh) v. 1. (properly) to pale 2. (by implication) to be ashamed 3. (also, by implication) to be disappointed or delayed [a primitive root] KJV: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

Original Word
בּוּשׁ
Transliteration
buwsh
Derivation
Root: בושׁ
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H954. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

be ashamed

Usage: 1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to feel shame 1a2) to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of) 1b) (Piel) to delay (in shame) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to put to shame 1c2) to act shamefully 1c3) to be ashamed 1d) (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another

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How Strong's H954 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render buwsh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

ashamed Judges 3:25 70× put Psalms 35:4 also Psalms 71:24 bringeth Proverbs 19:26 bring Jeremiah 17:18 delayed Exodus 32:1 pale Isaiah 29:22 shamed Psalms 14:6 they Genesis 2:25

How Strong's H954 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 104 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H954 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H954 in the Old Testament

104 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:25 KJV

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Exodus 32:1 KJV

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Judges 3:25 KJV

And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

Usage Excerpts

First 104 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H954.

Genesis 2:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Exodus 32:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Judges 3:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Judges 5:28 Old Testament, KJV
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
2 Kings 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
2 Kings 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
2 Kings 19:26 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Ezra 8:22 Old Testament, KJV
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Ezra 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Job 6:20 Old Testament, KJV
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Job 19:3 Old Testament, KJV
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Psalms 6:10 Old Testament, KJV
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Psalms 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
Psalms 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms 25:2 Old Testament, KJV
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 25:3 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Psalms 25:20 Old Testament, KJV
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalms 31:1 Old Testament, KJV
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Psalms 35:4 Old Testament, KJV
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Psalms 35:26 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 37:19 Old Testament, KJV
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalms 40:14 Old Testament, KJV
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Psalms 44:7 Old Testament, KJV
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
Psalms 53:5 Old Testament, KJV
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psalms 69:6 Old Testament, KJV
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
Psalms 70:2 Old Testament, KJV
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Psalms 71:1 Old Testament, KJV
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
Psalms 71:13 Old Testament, KJV
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Psalms 71:24 Old Testament, KJV
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Psalms 83:17 Old Testament, KJV
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Psalms 86:17 Old Testament, KJV
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Psalms 97:7 Old Testament, KJV
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
Psalms 109:28 Old Testament, KJV
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Psalms 119:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms 119:31 Old Testament, KJV
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Psalms 119:46 Old Testament, KJV
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Psalms 119:78 Old Testament, KJV
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Psalms 119:80 Old Testament, KJV
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Psalms 119:116 Old Testament, KJV
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Psalms 127:5 Old Testament, KJV
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Psalms 129:5 Old Testament, KJV
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Proverbs 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 14:35 Old Testament, KJV
The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Proverbs 17:2 Old Testament, KJV
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 19:26 Old Testament, KJV
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs 29:15 Old Testament, KJV
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Isaiah 1:29 Old Testament, KJV
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Isaiah 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Isaiah 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Isaiah 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
Isaiah 24:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Isaiah 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Isaiah 29:22 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Isaiah 37:27 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Isaiah 41:11 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
Isaiah 42:17 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 44:9 Old Testament, KJV
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Isaiah 44:11 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
Isaiah 45:16 Old Testament, KJV
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
Isaiah 45:17 Old Testament, KJV
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Isaiah 45:24 Old Testament, KJV
Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Isaiah 49:23 Old Testament, KJV
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isaiah 50:7 Old Testament, KJV
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Isaiah 54:4 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 65:13 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Isaiah 66:5 Old Testament, KJV
Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
Jeremiah 2:26 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 2:36 Old Testament, KJV
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Jeremiah 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Jeremiah 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 14:3 Old Testament, KJV
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Jeremiah 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Jeremiah 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Jeremiah 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Jeremiah 20:11 Old Testament, KJV
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Jeremiah 22:22 Old Testament, KJV
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
Jeremiah 31:19 Old Testament, KJV
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Jeremiah 48:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Jeremiah 48:39 Old Testament, KJV
They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
Jeremiah 49:23 Old Testament, KJV
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Jeremiah 50:12 Old Testament, KJV
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Jeremiah 51:47 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
Jeremiah 51:51 Old Testament, KJV
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.
Ezekiel 16:52 Old Testament, KJV
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
Ezekiel 16:63 Old Testament, KJV
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 32:30 Old Testament, KJV
There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel 36:32 Old Testament, KJV
Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Hosea 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Hosea 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Hosea 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Joel 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Joel 2:26 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel 2:27 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Micah 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Micah 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Zephaniah 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
Zechariah 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
Zechariah 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H954, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 31 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 20 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 21 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H954 FAQ

What does bush (בּוּשׁ) mean?

Bush (Strong's H954) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "delay". buwsh (boosh) v. 1. (properly) to pale 2. (by implication) to be ashamed

How many times is bush (בּוּשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 104 linked usages for Strong's H954 across 16 books.

Where can I study bush (בּוּשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H954 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate bush (בּוּשׁ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ashamed, put, also, bringeth, they, and delayed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.