Quick Definition
be ashamed
Strong's Definition
to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
Derivation: a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חָפַר) through the idea of detection);
KJV Usage: be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
TWOT Reference: 715
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed
1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed
1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָפֵר
châphêr
BDB Definition:
1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed
1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root [perhaps rather, the same as H2658 through the idea of detection]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 715
Total KJV Occurrences: 21