Definition

to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach

Etymology

a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חָפַר) through the idea of detection);

Where the KJV renders it

• be ashamed
• be confounded
• be brought to confusion (unto shame)
• come (be put to) shame
• bring reproach

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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