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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 - The LORD said to Moshe, If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall 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 Layish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Tzidonim, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Tzidonim, and had no dealings with any man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - When she was risen up to glean, Bo`az commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don't reproach her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - So Yonatan arose 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 done him shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Karmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:15 - But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when 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 ashamed. The king said, Wait at Yericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - The people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, Stay at Yericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15 - Then they killed the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the Kohanim and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified 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 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Should your boastings make men hold their shalom? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 - You have reproached me ten times. You aren't ashamed that you attack me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward 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 now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, And don't go out with our armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Hosts. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; But he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - They shall be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together who are makers of idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:17 - But Yisra'el shall be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be disappointed nor confounded world without end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 - For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood shall you 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 latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - The wind shall feed all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shall you be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary food, and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Pelishtim, who are ashamed of your lewd way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:54

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - Then shall you remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder sisters and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:32 - Nor for your sake do I this, says the Lord GOD, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 - You, son of man, show the house to the house of Yisra'el, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - If they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and the fashion of it, and the exits of it, and the entrances of it, and all the forms of it, and all the ordinances of it, and all the forms of it, and all the laws of it; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form of it, and all the ordinances of it, and do them.
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