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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.
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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

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, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in 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 there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking[fn] nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how 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 instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all the time 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 suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15 - And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed, so that they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - saying: “O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Should your babble silence men,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 - These ten times you have cast reproach upon me;
are you not ashamed to wrong me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let them be put to shame and dishonor
who seek after my life!
Let them be turned back and disappointed
who devise evil against me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:9 - But you have rejected us and disgraced us
and have not gone out with our armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
O Lord GOD of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let them be put to shame and confusion
who seek my life!
Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - do not hastily bring into court,[fn]
for[fn] what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - Behold, all who are incensed against you
shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - All of them are put to shame and confounded;
the makers of idols go in confusion together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:17 - But Israel is saved by the LORD
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
to all eternity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 - But the Lord GOD helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - “Fear not, for you will not be ashamed;
be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;
for 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 the spring rain has not come;
yet you have the forehead of a whore;
you refuse to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 - Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among the fallen;
when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - Her nobles send their servants for water;
they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
they return with their vessels empty;
they are ashamed and confounded
and cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
and your lovers shall go into captivity;
then you will be ashamed and confounded
because of all your evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - For after I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh;
I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you and diminished your allotted portion and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:54

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming 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 when you take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of[fn] the covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:32 - It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded 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, describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out.
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