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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
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).
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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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.

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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 [fn]spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp for seven days, and afterward she may return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 -

Then the five men went on and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, [how they were] living securely in the style of the Sidonians, quiet and peaceful; and there was no oppressive magistrate in the land humiliating them in anything, 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 got up to glean, Boaz ordered his servants, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Then Jonathan stood up from the table in the heat of anger, and ate no food on that second day of the new moon (month), for he grieved and worried about David because his father had dishonored 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 harmed them, nor were they missing anything all the time they were in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:15 - “But David’s men were very good to us, and we were not harmed or treated badly, nor did we miss anything as long as we were with them, when we were in the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When David was informed, he sent [messengers] to meet them [before they reached Jerusalem], for the men were greatly ashamed and humiliated. And the king said, “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 - The people stole into the city [of Mahanaim] that day, as people who are humiliated and ashamed steal away when they retreat in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - When David was told how the men were treated, he sent messengers to meet them, for they were very humiliated and ashamed [to return]. So the king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow [back], 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 day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed 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 to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 -

“Should your boasts and babble silence men?

And shall you scoff and no one put you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 -

“These ten times you have insulted me;

You are not ashamed to wrong me [and harden your hearts against me].

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 -

Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;

Let those be turned back [in defeat] and humiliated who plot evil against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 -

Let those be ashamed and humiliated together

Who seek my life to destroy it;

Let those be turned back [in defeat] and dishonored

Who delight in my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:9 -

But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,

And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 -

Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be [fn]ashamed through me, O Lord [fn]GOD of hosts;

Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored 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 life;

Let them be turned back and humiliated

Who delight in my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 -

Let not the oppressed return dishonored;

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 rush out to argue your case [before magistrates or judges];

Otherwise what will you do in the end [when your case is lost and]

When your neighbor (opponent) humiliates you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 -

He who keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise and discerning son,

But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father [and himself].

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 -

“Indeed, all those who are angry with you will be put to shame and humiliated;

Those who strive against 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 also humiliated, all of them;

They who make 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

for 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 have not been ashamed or humiliated.

Therefore, I have made My face like 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 -

“Do not fear, for you will not be put to shame,

And do not feel humiliated or ashamed, for you will not be disgraced.

For you will forget the shame of your youth,

And you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.

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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 have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute;

You refuse to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 -

“Were they ashamed because they had committed disgusting and vile things?

No, they were not at all ashamed;

They did not even know how to blush [at their idolatry].

Therefore they will fall among those who fall;

At the time that I punish them

They will be overthrown,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 -

“Were they ashamed because of the extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things they had done?

They were not at all ashamed,

And they did not know how to blush.

Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall;

At the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown,”

Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 -

“Their nobles have sent their servants for water;

They have come to the cisterns and found no water.

They have returned with empty vessels;

They have been shamed and humiliated,

And they cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 -

“The wind [of adversity] will carry away all your shepherds (rulers, statesmen),

And your lovers (allies) will go into exile.

Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated and disgraced

Because of all your wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 -

‘After I turned away [from You], I repented;

After I was instructed, I struck my thigh [in remorse];

I was ashamed and even humiliated

Because I carried the disgrace of my youth [as a nation].’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - “Behold now [listen very carefully], I have stretched out My hand against you, reduced your portion, and handed you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your infamous behavior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:54

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - so that you [Judah] will bear your humiliation and disgrace, and be [thoroughly] ashamed for all [the wickedness] that you have done to console and comfort 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 receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant [with Me].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:32 - “I am not doing this for your sake,” says the Lord GOD. “Let that be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated for your [wicked] 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 temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins; and let them measure its plan [in detail].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - “If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple (house), its layout, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes and do them.
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