Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H3637

Strong's H3637 · Hebrew

כָּלַם

kâlam · /kaw-lawm'/

Number
H3637
Language
Hebrew
Original word
כָּלַם
Transliteration
kâlam
Pronunciation
kaw-lawm'
KJV occurrences
38 verses

Definition

properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

KJV: be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.

Root / derivation: a primitive root;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered כָּלַם across 38 verses.

ashamed12×
confounded11×
shame6×
blush3×
hurt2×
confusion1×
reproach1×
reproached1×
shameth1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

38 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Numbers1 verse
Judges1 verse
Ruth1 verse
1 Samuel3 verses
2 Samuel2 verses
1 Chronicles1 verse
2 Chronicles1 verse
Ezra1 verse
Job2 verses
Psalms6 verses
Proverbs2 verses
Isaiah5 verses
Isaiah 41:11

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. they that strive: Heb. the men of thy strife

Isaiah 45:16

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

Isaiah 45:17

But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

Isaiah 50:7

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Isaiah 54:4

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Jeremiah6 verses
Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 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 them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 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 them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. I will: or, In gathering I will consume

Jeremiah 14:3

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Jeremiah 22:22

The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

Jeremiah 31:19

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Ezekiel6 verses
Ezekiel 16:27

Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. daughters: or, cities

Ezekiel 16:54

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

Ezekiel 16:61

Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Ezekiel 36:32

Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

Ezekiel 43:10

Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. pattern: or, sum, or, number

Ezekiel 43:11

And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H3637 (kâlam) mean?

properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

How many times does H3637 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H3637 (כָּלַם) appears in 38 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “ashamed.”

How is kâlam translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H3637 is rendered as “ashamed” (12×), “confounded” (11×), “shame” (6×), “blush” (3×), among other words.

Where does the Hebrew word כָּלַם come from?

a primitive root;