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Lexicon :: Strong's H3637 - kālam

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כָּלַם
Transliteration
kālam
Pronunciation
kaw-lawm'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 987

Strong’s Definitions

כָּלַם kâlam, kaw-lawm'; a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult:—be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H3637 in the following manner: ashamed (12x), confounded (11x), shame (7x), blush (3x), hurt (2x), reproach (2x), confusion (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H3637 in the following manner: ashamed (12x), confounded (11x), shame (7x), blush (3x), hurt (2x), reproach (2x), confusion (1x).

  1. to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to be humiliated, be ashamed

      2. to be put to shame, be dishonoured, be confounded

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to put to shame, insult, humiliate, cause shame to

      2. to exhibit shame

    3. (Hophal)

      1. to be insulted, be humiliated

      2. to be put to shame, be dishonoured, be confounded

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּלַם kâlam, kaw-lawm'; a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult:—be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
STRONGS H3637: Abbreviations
† [כָּלַם] verb only Niph., Hoph. be humiliated, Hiph. humiliate (Late Hebrew Hiph., id.; Aramaic כְּלַם Aph`el, Ithpe.; Arabic bdb048303 is wound; bdb048304 also speak to, converse with); —
Niph. Perfect 2nd person feminine singular וְנִכְלַמְתְּ consecutive Jeremiah 22:22 + 2 times; 1st person singular נִכְלַמְתִּי Jeremiah 31:19; Ezra 9:6, נִכְלָ֑מְתִּי Isaiah 50:7; 3rd person plural נִכְלְמוּ Isaiah 45:16 + 2 times; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּכָּלֵם Numbers 12:14; 2nd person feminine singular תִּכָּֽלְמִי Isaiah 54:4; 3rd person masculine plural יִכָּֽלְמוּ Isaiah 41:11 + 5 times; 2nd person masculine plural תִּכָּֽלְמוּ Isaiah 45:17; Imperative masculine plural הִכָּֽלְמוּ Ezekiel 36:32; Infinitive construct הִכָּלֵם Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 8:12; Participle נִכְלָם Psalm 74:21; masculine plural נִכְלָמִים 2 Samuel 10:5 + 2 times; feminine plural נִכְלָמוֺת Ezekiel 16:27; — be humiliated, ashamed, put to shame, dishonoured, confounded:
1. be humiliated, ashamed, before men Numbers 12:14 (E), 2 Samuel 10:5 = 1 Chronicles 19:5; 2 Samuel 19:4, compare Psalm 74:21; before enemies (by defeat, etc.) Isaiah 45:17 (|| בושׁ), Isaiah 50:7; Isaiah 54:4 (|| בושׁ, חפר); before God, followed by לְ infinitive, וְנִכְלַמְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ פָּנַי לְהָרִים אֱלֹהַי Ezra 9:6 (|| בושׁ); Jeremiah 3:3; Ezekiel 16:27, 54 (|| נָשָׂא כְלִמָּה), Ezekiel 43:10, 11 (all + מִן causative) Ezekiel 16:61, so probably Levites, at Hezekiah's reforms 2 Chronicles 30:5.
2. be put to shame, dishonoured, confounded, by judgments of י׳, all || בושׁ : Jeremiah 22:22 (מִן of cause), Ezekiel 36:32 (id.), Jeremiah 31:19 (כִּי of cause), Jeremiah 8:12; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 45:16 (+ הָלַךְ בַּכְּלִמָּה), Psalm 35:4; Psalm 69:7; + חפר Psalm 40:15; Psalm 70:3.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הִכְּלִמוֺ 1 Samuel 20:34; 3rd person masculine plural suffix הֶכְלַמְנוּם (Ges§ 53, 3 R. 6) 1 Samuel 25:7; Imperfect יַכְלִים Proverbs 28:7; 2nd person masculine singular suffix וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ Psalm 44:10; 2nd person masculine plural suffix תַּכְלִימוּנִי Job 19:3, מֿוּהָ Ruth 2:15; Infinitive construct הַכְלִים Jeremiah 6:15; Proverbs 25:8; Participle מַכְלִים Judges 18:7 (but see below), מַכְלִם Job 11:3; —
1. put to shame = insult, humiliate, with accusative 1 Samuel 20:34; 1 Samuel 25:7 (compare Hoph. 1 Samuel 25:15) Ruth 2:15; Job 19:3; humiliate by rebuke Job 11:3; humiliate by defeat Proverbs 25:8; Psalm 44:10; cause shame to Proverbs 28:7; — Judges 18:7 is corrupt (see Be VB GFM; Be proposes מַחְסוֺר כלדֿבר there was no lack of anything, for MT מַכְלִים ד׳; GFM conjectures מְכַלֵּא מִדָּבָר there is no one to restrain (us) from anything in the land).
2. exhibit shame Jeremiah 6:15 (|| בוֺשׁ).
Hoph. Perfect
1. 1st person plural לֹא הָכְלַמְנוּ 1 Samuel 25:15 we were not insulted, humiliated (compare Hiph. 1).
2. 3rd person plural חָכְלְמוּ Jeremiah 14:3 they were put to shame, dishonoured, confounded (|| בושׁ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

12:14; 12:14

Judges

18:7; 18:7

Ruth

2:15; 2:15

1 Samuel

20:34; 20:34; 25:7; 25:7; 25:15; 25:15

2 Samuel

10:5; 10:5; 19:4

1 Chronicles

19:5

2 Chronicles

30:5

Ezra

9:6; 9:6

Job

11:3; 11:3; 19:3; 19:3

Psalms

35:4; 40:15; 44:10; 44:10; 69:7; 70:3; 74:21; 74:21

Proverbs

25:8; 25:8; 28:7; 28:7

Isaiah

41:11; 41:11; 45:16; 45:16; 45:17; 45:17; 50:7; 50:7; 54:4; 54:4

Jeremiah

3:3; 3:3; 6:15; 6:15; 8:12; 8:12; 14:3; 22:22; 22:22; 31:19; 31:19

Ezekiel

16:27; 16:27; 16:54; 16:61; 36:32; 36:32; 43:10; 43:11

H3637

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Strong's Number H3637 matches the Hebrew כָּלַם (kālam),
which occurs 38 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:14 - But the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear H3637 her shame H3637 for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days outside the camp, and afterward she may be received again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no [fn]ruler humiliating H3637 them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - When she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult H3637 her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Then Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved over David because his father had dishonored H3637 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - ‘Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted H3637 them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:15 - “Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not insulted, H3637 nor did we miss anything [fn]as long as we went about with them, while we were in the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. H3637 And the king said, “[fn]Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated H3637 steal away when they flee in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - Then certain persons went and told David about the men. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. H3637 And the king said, “[fn]Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15 - Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed H3637 of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed H3637 to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have [fn]risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - “Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you scoff and none rebuke? H3637

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 - “These ten times you have insulted H3637 me;
You are not ashamed to wrong me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let those be ashamed and dishonored H3637 who seek my [fn]life;
Let those be turned back and humiliated H3637 who devise evil against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let those be ashamed and humiliated H3637 together
Who seek my [fn]life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored H3637
Who delight [fn]in my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:9 - Yet You have rejected us and brought H3637 us to dishonor, H3637
And do not go out with our armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord [fn]GOD of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored H3637 through me, O God of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let those be ashamed and humiliated
Who seek my [fn]life;
Let those be turned back and dishonored H3637
Who delight [fn]in my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - Let not the oppressed return dishonored; H3637
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Do not go out hastily to [fn]argue your case;
[fn]Otherwise, what will you do in [fn]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates H3637 you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - He who keeps the law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates H3637 his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - “Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; H3637
Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - They will be put to shame and even humiliated, H3637 all of them;
The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:17 - Israel has been saved by the LORD
With an everlasting salvation;
You will not be put to shame or humiliated H3637
To all eternity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 - For the Lord GOD helps Me,
Therefore, I am not disgraced; H3637
Therefore, I have set My face like flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - “Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
And do not feel H3637 humiliated, H3637 for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the shame of your youth,
And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - “Therefore the showers have been withheld,
And there has been no spring rain.
Yet you had a harlot’s forehead;
You refused to be ashamed. H3637

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - “Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done?
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush. H3637
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 - “Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done?
They certainly were not ashamed,
And they did not know how to blush; H3637
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - “Their nobles have sent their [fn]servants for water;
They have come to the cisterns and found no water.
They have returned with their vessels empty;
They have been put to shame and humiliated, H3637
And they cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - “The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,
And your lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will surely be ashamed and humiliated H3637
Because of all your wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - ‘For after I turned back, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh;
I was ashamed and also humiliated H3637
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - “Behold now, I have stretched out My hand against you and diminished your rations. And I delivered you up to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed H3637 of your lewd conduct.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:54

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - in order that you may bear your humiliation and feel H3637 ashamed H3637 for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - “Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed H3637 when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:32 - “I am not doing this for your sake,” declares the Lord GOD, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded H3637 for your ways, O house of Israel!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 - “As for you, son of man, [fn]describe the [fn]temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed H3637 of their iniquities; and let them measure the [fn]plan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - “If they are ashamed H3637 of all that they have done, make known to them the [fn]design of the house, its structure, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes[fn], and all its laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may observe its whole [fn]design and all its statutes and do them.
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