Hebrew word study

יָבֵשׁyâbêsh to be ashamed, confused or disappointed

Pronounced “yaw-bashe'

to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

Translated in the King James as: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), utterly, wither (away).

Appears 61 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 2×
Genesis 8:7Genesis 8:14
Joshua 6×
Joshua 2:10Joshua 4:23Joshua 5:1Joshua 9:5Joshua 9:12+ 1 more in Joshua
1 Kings 2×
1 Ki 13:41 Ki 17:7
Job 5×
Job 8:12Job 12:15Job 14:11Job 15:30Job 18:16
Psalms 6×
Psalms 22:15Psalms 74:15Psalms 90:6Psalms 102:4Psalms 102:11Psalms 129:6
Proverbs 1×
Proverbs 17:22
Isaiah 10×
Isaiah 15:6Isaiah 19:5Isaiah 19:7Isaiah 27:11Isaiah 40:7Isaiah 40:8Isaiah 40:24Isaiah 42:15Isaiah 44:27+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah 5×
Jeremiah 10:14Jeremiah 12:4Jeremiah 23:10Jeremiah 50:38Jeremiah 51:36
Lamentations 1×
Lam 4:8
Ezekiel 9×
Ezekiel 17:9Ezekiel 17:10Ezekiel 17:24Ezekiel 19:12Ezekiel 37:11+ 4 more in Ezekiel
Hosea 2×
Hosea 9:16Hosea 13:15
Joel 5×
Joel 1:10Joel 1:12Joel 1:17Joel 1:20+ 1 more in Joel
Amos 2×
Amos 1:2Amos 4:7
Jonah 1×
Jonah 4:7
Nahum 1×
Nahum 1:4
Zechariah 3×
Zech 10:11Zech 11:17+ 1 more in Zechariah

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