H3639 - כְּלִמָּה (kᵉlimmâh)

H3639 כְּלִמָּה (kᵉlimmâh) kel-im-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shame

Strong's Definition

disgrace

Derivation: from H3637 (כָּלַם);

KJV Usage: confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.

TWOT Reference: 987a

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

1a) insult, reproach

1b) reproach, ignominy

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G152 G819 G931 G1791 G3680 G3681

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy 1a) insult, reproach 1b) reproach, ignominy

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּלִמָּה kelimmâh BDB Definition: 1) disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy 1a) insult, reproach 1b) reproach, ignominy Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3637 Same Word by TWOT Number: 987a Total KJV Occurrences: 30

Bible Occurrences (29)

20:3

4:2 35:26 44:15 69:7 69:19 71:13 109:29

18:13

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

3:25 20:11 51:51

16:52 16:54 16:63 32:24 32:25 32:30 34:29 36:6 36:7 36:15 39:26 44:13

2:6

Job 20:3

I have heard... a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

Proverbs 18:13

He who answers a matter before he hears [it]— this [is] folly and disgrace to him.

Isaiah 30:3

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

Isaiah 45:16

They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

Isaiah 50:6

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

Isaiah 61:7

Instead of shame, [My people will have a] double portion, and [instead of] humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace... cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

Jeremiah 20:11

But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore..., my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.