Strong H3639כְּלִמָּה

shame

Transliteration
kelimmâh
Pronunciation
kel-im-maw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H3637; disgrace: - {confusion} {dishonour} {reproach} shame.

Detailed definition

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

In the Bible

Strong H3639 appears in 29 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shame19
  • confusion6
  • dishonour3
  • reproach1

First verses

  1. Job 20:3
    I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
  2. Psalms 4:2
    O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
  3. Psalms 35:26
    Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
  4. Psalms 44:15
    My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
  5. Psalms 69:7
    Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
  6. Psalms 69:19
    Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
  7. Psalms 71:13
    Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
  8. Psalms 109:29
    Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
  9. Proverbs 18:13
    He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
  10. Isaiah 30:3
    Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
  11. Isaiah 45:16
    They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
  12. Isaiah 50:6
    I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
  13. Isaiah 61:7
    For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
  14. Jeremiah 3:25
    We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
  15. Jeremiah 20:11
    But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
  16. Jeremiah 51:51
    We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
  17. Ezekiel 16:52
    Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
  18. 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.
  19. Ezekiel 16:63
    That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
  20. Ezekiel 32:24
    There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
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