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Lexicon :: Strong's H3637 - kālam

Aa
כָּלַם
Transliteration
kālam
Pronunciation
kaw-lawm'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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).
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:14 - But the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “If her father H1 had only spit H3417 in her face H6440, would she not be put H3637 to H3637 shame H3637 for seven H7651 days H3117? Have her shut H5462 outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264 for seven H7651 days H3117, and afterward H310 she may be received H622 again.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 -

So the five H2568 men H376 departed H1980 and came H935 to Laish H3919, and saw H7200 the people H5971 who H834 were in it living H3427 in security H983, in the way H4941 of the Sidonians H6722, quiet H8252 and unsuspecting H982; for there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]oppressive H6114 ruler H3423 humiliating H3637 them for anything H1697 in the land H776, and they were far H7350 from the Sidonians H6722 and had H369 no H369 dealings H1697 with anyone H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - When she got H6965 up H6965 to glean H3950, Boaz H1162 commanded H6680 his servants H5288, saying H559, “Let her glean H3950 even H1571 among H996 the sheaves H6016, and do not [fn]insult H3637 her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Then Jonathan H3083 got H6965 up H6965 from the table H7979 in the heat H2750 of anger H639, and did not eat H398 food H3899 on the second H8145 day H3117 of the new H2320 moon H2320, because H3588 he was worried H6087 about H413 David H1732 since H3588 his father H1 had insulted H3637 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - ‘Now H6258 then, I have heard H8085 that you have shearers H1494. Now H6258, your shepherds H7462 have been H1961 with us; we have not harmed H3637 them, nor H3808 has anything H3972 of theirs gone H6485 missing H6485 all H3605 the days H3117 they were in Carmel H3760.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:15 - “Yet the men H376 were very H3966 good H2896 to us, and we were not harmed H3637, nor H3808 did anything H3972 go H6485 missing H6485 [fn]as H3605 H3117 long H3605 H3117 as we went H1980 with them, while we were in the fields H7704.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When messengers informed H5046 David H1732, he sent H7971 servants to meet H7122 them, because H3588 the men H376 were extremely H3966 humiliated H3637. And the king H4428 said H559, “Stay H3427 in Jericho H3405 until H5704 your beards H2206 grow H6779 back, and then you shall return H7725.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - And the people H5971 entered H935 the city H5892 surreptitiously H1589 that day H3117, just H834 as H834 people H5971 who are humiliated H3637 surreptitiously H1589 flee H5127 in battle H4421.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - Then certain people went H1980 and told H5046 David H1732 about H5921 the men H376. And he sent H7971 messengers to meet H7122 them, because H3588 the men H376 were very H3966 humiliated H3637. And the king H4428 said H559, “Stay H3427 at Jericho H3405 until H5704 H834 your beards H2206 grow H6779 back, then return H7725.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15 - Then they slaughtered H7819 the Passover H6453 lambs on the fourteenth H702 H6240 of the second H8145 month H2320. And the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 were ashamed H3637 of themselves, and consecrated H6942 themselves and brought H935 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said H559, “My God H430, I am H954 ashamed H954 and humiliated H3637 to lift H7311 up H7311 my face H6440 to You, my God H430, for our wrongful H5771 deeds H5771 have [fn]risen H7235 above H4605 our heads H7218, and our guilt H819 has grown H1431 even H5704 to the heavens H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 -

“Shall your boasts H907 silence H2790 people H4962?

And will you scoff H3932, and no H369 one H369 rebuke H3637?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 -

“These H2088 ten H6235 times H6471 you have insulted H3637 me;

You are H954 not ashamed H954 to wrong H1970 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 -

Let those be H954 ashamed H954 and dishonored H3637 who seek H1245 my [fn]life H5315;

Let those be turned H5472 back H268 and humiliated H3637 who devise H2803 evil H7451 against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 -

May those be H954 ashamed H954 and humiliated H3637 together H3162

Who seek H1245 my [fn]life H5315 to destroy H5595 it;

May those be turned H5472 back H268 and dishonored H3637

Who H2655 delight H2655 [fn]in my hurt H7451.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:9 -

Yet H637 You have rejected H2186 us and brought H3637 us to H3637 dishonor H3637,

And do not go H3318 out H3318 with our armies H6635.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 -

May those who wait H6960 for You not be H954 ashamed H954 because of me, Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635;

May those who seek H1245 You not be dishonored H3637 because of me, God H430 of Israel H3478,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 -

May those who seek H1245 my [fn]life H5315

Be put H954 to H954 shame H954 and humiliated H2659;

May those who delight H2655 [fn]in my harm H7451

Be turned H5472 back H268 and dishonored H3637.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 -

May the oppressed H1790 person H1790 not return H7725 dishonored H3637;

May the afflicted H6041 and the needy H34 praise H1984 Your name H8034.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 -

Do not go H3318 out H3318 hastily H4118 to [fn]argue H7378 your case;

[fn]Otherwise H6435, what H4100 will you do H6213 in [fn]the end H319,

When your neighbor H7453 humiliates H3637 you?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 -

He who keeps H5341 the Law H8451 is a discerning H995 son H1121,

But he who is a companion H7462 of gluttons H2151 humiliates H3637 his father H1.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 -

“Behold H2005, all H3605 those who are angered H2734 at you will be shamed H954 and dishonored H3637;

Those H376 who H376 contend H7379 with you will be as nothing H369 and will perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 -

They will be put H954 to H954 shame H954 and even H1571 humiliated H3637, all H3605 of them;

The manufacturers H2796 of idols H6736 will go H1980 away together H3162 in humiliation H3639.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:17 -

Israel H3478 has been saved H3467 by the LORD H3068

With an everlasting H5769 salvation H8668;

You will not be put H954 to H954 shame H954 or humiliated H3637

To all H5703 eternity H5769.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 -

For the Lord H136 GOD H3068 helps H5826 Me,

Therefore H5921 H3651, I am not disgraced H3637;

Therefore H5921 H3651, I have made H7760 My face H6440 like flint H2496,

And I know H3045 that I will not be H954 ashamed H954.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 -

“Fear H3372 not, for you will not be put H954 to H954 shame H954;

And do not feel H3637 humiliated H3637, for you will not be disgraced H2659;

But you will forget H7911 the shame H1322 of your youth H5934,

And no H3808 longer H5750 remember H2142 the disgrace H2781 of your widowhood H491.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 -

“Therefore the showers H7241 have been withheld H4513,

And there has been H1961 no H3808 spring H4456 rain H4456.

Yet you had H1961 a prostitute’s H802 H2181 [fn]forehead H4696;

You refused H3985 to be ashamed H3637.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 -

“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because H3588 of the abomination H8441 they had done H6213?

They were H954 not ashamed H954 at H1571 all H954 H1571,

Nor H1571 did they know H3045 even H1571 how to be ashamed H3637.

Therefore H3651 they will fall H5307 among those who fall H5307;

At the time H6256 that I punish H6485 them,

They will collapse H3782,” says H559 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 -

“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because H3588 of the abomination H8441 they had done H6213?

They were H954 not ashamed H954 at H1571 all H954 H1571,

And they did not know H3045 how to be ashamed H3637;

Therefore H3651 they will fall H5307 among those who fall H5307;

At the time H6256 of their punishment H6486 they will collapse H3782,”

Says H559 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 -

“Their nobles H117 have sent H7971 their [fn]servants H6810 for water H4325;

They have come H935 to the cisterns H1356 and found H4672 no H3808 water H4325.

They have returned H7725 with their containers H3627 empty H7387;

They have been put H954 to H954 shame H954 and humiliated H3637,

And they cover H2645 their heads H7218,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 -

“The wind H7307 will sweep H7462 away H7462 all H3605 your shepherds H7462,

And your lovers H157 will go H1980 into captivity H7628;

Then H227 you will certainly H3588 be H954 ashamed H954 and humiliated H3637

Because H4480 of all H3605 your wickedness H7451.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 -

‘For after H310 I turned H7725 back H7725, I repented H5162;

And after H310 I was instructed H3045, I [fn]slapped H5606 my thigh H3409;

I was H954 ashamed H954 and also H1571 humiliated H3637

Because H3588 I bore H5375 the shame H2781 of my youth H5271.’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - “So behold H2009, I have stretched H5186 out H5186 My hand H3027 against H5921 you and cut H1639 back H1639 your rations H2706. And I turned H5414 you over H5414 to the desire H5315 of those who hate H8130 you, the daughters H1323 of the Philistines H6430, who are ashamed H3637 of your outrageous H2154 conduct H1870.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - so H4616 that H4616 you will bear H5375 your disgrace H3639 and feel H3637 ashamed H3637 for all H3605 that you have done H6213 when you become H5162 a H5162 consolation H5162 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - “Then you will remember H2142 your ways H1870 and be ashamed H3637 when you receive H3947 your sisters H269, both your older H1419 and your younger H6996; and I will give H5414 them to you as daughters H1323, but not because H4480 of your covenant H1285.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:32 - “I am not doing H6213 this for your sake H4616,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068; “let that be known H3045 to you. Be H954 ashamed H954 and humiliated H3637 for your ways H1870, house H1004 of Israel H3478!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 -

“As for you, son H1121 of man H120, inform H5046 the house of Israel of the [fn]temple H1004, so that they will be ashamed H3637 of their wrongdoings H5771; and have them measure H4058 the [fn]plan H8508.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - “And if H518 they are ashamed H3637 of everything H3605 that they have done H6213, make H3045 known H3045 to them the plan H6699 of the house H1004, its layout H8499, its exits H4161, its entrances H4126, all H3605 its plans H6699, all H3605 its [fn]statutes H2708, and all H3605 its laws H8451. And write H3789 it in their sight H5869, so that they may observe H8104 its entire H3605 plan H6699 and all H3605 its statutes H2708 and execute H6213 them.
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