כָּלַם
kālam
be humiliated
Strong's H3637VerbHebrewTWOT 987

כָּלַם (kālam) is a Hebrew verb meaning be humiliated. It appears 38 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3637).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 987)

Range of meaning (TWOT 987)be humiliated, humiliate; ashamed, put to shame, dishonoured, confounded; insult, exhibit shame; wound, taunt; blush, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, shame
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כָּלַם verb: be humiliated, humiliate

Strong's H3637 כָּלַם: 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.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

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Numbers 12:14Judges 18:7Ruth 2:15

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