Bible Dictionary: Blush

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

2. (v. i.) To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

3. (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

4. (v. t.) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

5. (v. t.) To express or make known by blushing.

6. (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

7. (n.) A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

Greek

2617. kataischuno -- to curse vehemently
... From kata and aischunomai; to shame down, ie Disgrace or (by implication) put to
the blush -- confound, dishonour, (be a-, make a-)shame(-d). see GREEK kata. ...
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3385. meti -- can this be? (interrog. particle expecting a neg. ...
... 3385 (from 3361 , "not" and 5101 , "") - properly, , " on first blush (reaction)" --
while keeping "the " to elicit from the listener (reader). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3637. kalam -- to be humiliated
... root Definition to be humiliated NASB Word Usage ashamed (6), bear her shame (1),
blush (2), brought us to dishonor (1), confounded (1), disgraced (1 ...
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2659. chapher -- to be abashed or ashamed
... The same as chaphar through the idea of detection): to blush; figuratively, to be
ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach -- be ashamed, be ...
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Library

The Crimson Blush of Morning Glows
... MORNING The crimson blush of morning glows. tr., John Brownlie 8.8.8.8. I. The crimson
blush of morning glows. On towering peaks where clouds repose,. And, lo! ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/the crimson blush of morning.htm

The Crimson Blush of Morning Glows
... HYMNS OF THE EARLY CHURCH The crimson blush of morning glows. 8,8,8,8. The crimson
blush of morning glows. On towering peaks where clouds repose; And, lo! ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the early church/the crimson blush of morning.htm

Man's Disobedience Justly Requited in the Rebellion of his Own ...
... Book I. Chapter 7 [VI.]"Man's Disobedience Justly Requited in the Rebellion of His
Own Flesh; The Blush of Shame for the Disobedient Members of the Body. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 7 vi mans disobedience justly.htm

Of the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which the Platonists ...
... Book X. Chapter 29."Of the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Which
the Platonists in Their Impiety Blush to Acknowledge. You ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 29 of the incarnation of.htm

Before Proceeding Farther, Let the Question of Custom Itself be ...
... chosen which keeps virgins veiled, as being known to God alone; who (besides that
glory must be sought from God, not from men [284] ) ought to blush even at ...
/.../on the veiling of virgins/chapter ii before proceeding farther let.htm

Argument: the Charge of Our Entertainments Being Polluted with ...
... Temperate. In Fact, Incestuous Lust is So Unheard Of, that with Many Even
the Modest Association of the Sexes Gives Rise to a Blush. ...
/.../felix/the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxxi argument the charge of.htm

Letter L to Geoffrey, of Lisieux
... Perhaps you blush to return, because you gave way for an hour. Blush, indeed,
for your flight, but do not blush to return to the ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter l to geoffrey of.htm

The Shame of Nakedness.
... he knows God to be the author of nature and the ordainer of marriage, to have
intercourse even with his wife in any one's sight, or not to blush at those ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 33 the shame of nakedness.htm

Psalm LXX.
... 4. "Let them be turned away backward and blush that think evil things to me"
(ver.2). At first there was the assault of them persecuting, now there hath ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxx.htm

Shame on Account of God's Displeasure.
... If an insolent enemy were to spit in the face of a slain foe, the dead man might
almost be expected to blush or to rise and avenge the insult. ...
/.../dods/how to become like christ/shame on account of gods.htm

Thesaurus

Blush (16 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers. 4.
(vt) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate. ...Blush (16 Occurrences). ...
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Disgraced (25 Occurrences)
... Ezra 9:6 and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my
God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is ...
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Ashamed (131 Occurrences)
... shame" (Latin, pudere), with derivatives occurs 80 times; kalam, "to shame," including
the thought of "disgrace," "reproach"; chapher, "to blush": hence shame ...
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Stumble (89 Occurrences)
... nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall
fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast ...
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Visitation (17 Occurrences)
... nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they
fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast ...
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Virgin (62 Occurrences)
... 6. (a.) Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin;
maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush. ...
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Guiltiness (7 Occurrences)
... Ezra 9:6 and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my
God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is ...
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Iniquities (59 Occurrences)
... Ezra 9:6 and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my
God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is ...
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Forgettest (6 Occurrences)
... Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For
the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou ...
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Ruddy (5 Occurrences)
... 16:12; 1 Samuel 17:42 Genesis 25:25 the Revised Version margin), 'adhom (Songs
5:10); verbs 'adham (Lamentations 4:7), and eruthriao, "to blush" (Additions to ...
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Bible Concordance

Blush (16 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 9:4 for fear that, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we--not to say you yourselves--should be put to the blush in respect to this confidence.
(WEY)

Ruth 2:15 And she riseth to glean, and Boaz chargeth his young men, saying, 'Even between the sheaves she doth glean, and ye do not cause her to blush;
(YLT)

Ezra 9:6 and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up to the heavens.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Job 19:3 These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me --
(YLT)

Psalms 35:4 They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.
(YLT)

Psalms 44:9 In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
(YLT)

Psalms 69:6 Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel.
(YLT)

Psalms 70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.
(YLT)

Proverbs 25:8 Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?
(YLT)

Proverbs 28:7 Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
(YLT)

Isaiah 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.
(DBY RSV)

Isaiah 41:11 Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.
(YLT)

Isaiah 54:4 And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 3:3 So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Blush

Related Terms

Disgraced (25 Occurrences)

Ashamed (131 Occurrences)

Stumble (89 Occurrences)

Visitation (17 Occurrences)

Virgin (62 Occurrences)

Guiltiness (7 Occurrences)

Iniquities (59 Occurrences)

Forgettest (6 Occurrences)

Ruddy (5 Occurrences)