Definition

properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• be (make) ashamed
• blush
• be confounded
• be put to confusion
• hurt
• reproach
• (do
• put to) shame

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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