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Lexicon :: Strong's H3639 - kᵊlimmâ

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כְּלִמָּה
Transliteration
kᵊlimmâ
Pronunciation
kel-im-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 987a

Strong’s Definitions

כְּלִמָּה kᵉlimmâh, kel-im-maw'; from H3637; disgrace:—confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H3639 in the following manner: shame (20x), confusion (6x), dishonour (3x), reproach (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H3639 in the following manner: shame (20x), confusion (6x), dishonour (3x), reproach (1x).

  1. disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy

    1. insult, reproach

    2. reproach, ignominy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּלִמָּה kᵉlimmâh, kel-im-maw'; from H3637; disgrace:—confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.
STRONGS H3639: Abbreviations
† כְּלִמָּה noun feminine insult, reproach, ignominy; — absolute כ׳ Isaiah 45:16 + 9 times; construct כְּלִמַּת Jeremiah 20:11 + 3 times; suffix כְּלִמָּתִי Job 20:3 + 3 times, etc., plural כְּלִמּוֺת Micah 2:6; Isaiah 50:6; —
1. specifically, insult, reproach, לֹא יִסַּג כ׳ Micah 2:6 reproaches do not cease; מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי Job 20:3 = my beshaming (insulting) correction, i.e. the correction which insults me.
2. in general, reproach, ignominy, opposed to כָּבוֺד Psalm 4:3; הלך בַּכּ׳ Isaiah 45:16 go into ignominy (+ בּוֺשׁ, נִכְלַם); often || בּשֶׁת Isaiah 30:3; Isaiah 61:7; Psalm 44:16, subject of כִּסָּה Jeremiah 3:25 our ignomity covereth us, so under figure of garment, after לָבַשׁ Psalm 35:26 (+ בושׁ, חפר in Psalm 35:26a), Psalm 109:29; || חֶרְפָּה Psalm 69:8 (subject of פָּנָ֑י כִּסְּתָה), Jeremiah 51:51 (id.; בושׁ in || clause), Psalm 71:13 (+ בושׁ in || clause); || בּשֶׁת + חֶרְפָּה Psalm 69:20; || אִוֶּלֶת Proverbs 18:13; || רֹק Isaiah 50:6; עוֺלָם כ׳ Jeremiah 20:11 (בושׁ in || clause); כְּלִמָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:63 (id. ||); often in Ezek. נשׂא כ׳ bear ignominy, Ezekiel 16:52 (twice in verse) (|| בושׁ), Ezekiel 16:54 (נִכְלַם in || clause); Ezekiel 32:24, 25, 30 (all + אֶתיֿוֺרְדֵי בוֺר with those who go down to the pit; reference to ignominious death), Ezekiel 36:7; Ezekiel 39:26 (si vera lectio = bear the humiliating sense of underserved kindness from י׳; but text dubious, Hi Co, which see, [כ׳] נשׁו; Sm Da defend); נאשׂ כְּלִמַּת הַגּוֺיִם, i.e. caused by the nations, Ezekiel 34:39; Ezekiel 36:6; also Ezekiel 36:15 (|| עַמִּים חֶרְפַּת), probably also Psalm 89:51 (read כְּלִמַּת, compare VB Che Bae); כְּלִמָּתָם יְתוֺעֲבוֺתָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ וְנ׳ Ezekiel 44:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

20:3; 20:3

Psalms

4:3; 35:26; 35:26; 44:16; 69:8; 69:20; 71:13; 89:51; 109:29

Proverbs

18:13

Isaiah

30:3; 45:16; 45:16; 50:6; 50:6; 61:7

Jeremiah

3:25; 20:11; 20:11; 51:51

Ezekiel

16:52; 16:54; 16:63; 32:24; 32:25; 32:30; 36:6; 36:7; 36:15; 39:26; 44:13

Micah

2:6; 2:6

H3639

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3639 matches the Hebrew כְּלִמָּה (kᵊlimmâ),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - I hear censure that insults me,
and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - O men,[fn] how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor
who magnify themselves against me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:15 - All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:7 - For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You know my reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who seek my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:29 - May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;
may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - If one gives an answer before he hears,
it is his folly and shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

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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 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I gave my back to those who strike,
and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
I hid not my face
from disgrace and spitting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:7 - Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;
instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;
therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;
they shall have everlasting joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:25 - Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 - But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble;
they will not overcome me.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 - ‘We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach;
dishonor has covered our face,
for foreigners have come
into the holy places of the LORD’s house.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

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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 16:63

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:63 - that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - “Elam is there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are placed among the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - “The princes of the north are there, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:29 - And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:7 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:15 - And I will not let you hear anymore the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:26 - They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - They shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:6 - “Do not preach”—thus they preach—
“one should not preach of such things;
disgrace will not overtake us.”
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