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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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בֹּשֶׁתbôsheth · bo'-sheth
H1322 · Hebrew
H1322 · Hebrew
- Definition
- shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
- Derivation
- from H954 (בּוּשׁ);
- KJV renderings
- ashamed, confusion, [phrase] greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- בֹּ֗שֶׁת — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 31 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 20:301 Samuel 20:302 Samuel 21:72 Chronicles 32:21Ezra 9:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בֹּשֶׁת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.