Definition
a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
Traditional renderings: be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
Traditional renderings: be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּלַם:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
38 total
- Numbers 12:14תִכָּלֵ֖ם · have been in disgraceBut the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
- Judges 18:7מַכְלִ֨ים · lackingSo the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
- Ruth 2:15תַכְלִימֽוּהָ׃ · insult herWhen Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
- 1 Samuel 20:34הִכְלִמ֖וֹ · shameful treatmentJonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
- 1 Samuel 25:7הֶכְלַמְנ֗וּם · harass themNow I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:15הָכְלַ֙מְנוּ֙ · harassedYet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
- 2 Samuel 10:5נִכְלָמִ֣ים · humiliatedWhen this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- 2 Samuel 19:3הַנִּכְלָמִ֔ים · in humiliationSo they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
- 1 Chronicles 19:5נִכְלָמִ֣ים · humiliatedWhen someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:15נִכְלְמוּ֙ · were ashamedAnd on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
- Ezra 9:6וְנִכְלַ֔מְתִּי · and embarrassed…and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Job 11:3מַכְלִֽם׃ · rebukeShould your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
- Job 19:3תַּכְלִימ֑וּנִי · you have reproached meTen times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
- Psalm 35:4וְיִכָּלְמוּ֮ · and put to shameMay those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- Psalm 40:14וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּ · and humiliatedMay those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalm 44:9וַתַּכְלִימֵ֑נוּ · and humbled usBut You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
- Psalm 69:6יִכָּ֣לְמוּ · be dishonoredMay those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
- Psalm 70:2וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּ · and humiliatedMay those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalm 74:21נִכְלָ֑ם · in shameDo not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
- Proverbs 25:8בְּהַכְלִ֖ים · puts you to shame…do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
- Proverbs 28:7יַכְלִ֥ים · disgracesA discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
- Isaiah 41:11וְיִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּ · and disgracedBehold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
- Isaiah 45:16נִכְלְמ֖וּ · humiliatedThey will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
- Isaiah 45:17תִכָּלְמ֖וּ · or humiliatedBut Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Isaiah 50:7נִכְלָ֑מְתִּי · been disgracedBecause the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
- Isaiah 54:4תִּכָּלְמִ֖י · be intimidatedDo not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
- Jeremiah 3:3הִכָּלֵֽם׃ · to be ashamedTherefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 6:15הַכְלִים֙ · how to blushAre they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:12וְהִכָּלֵם֙ · to blushAre they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 14:3וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ · and humiliatedThe nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
- Jeremiah 22:22וְנִכְלַ֔מְתְּ · and humiliatedThe wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.
- Jeremiah 31:19נִכְלַ֔מְתִּי · humiliatedAfter I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
- Ezekiel 16:27הַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹת · who were ashamedTherefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
- Ezekiel 16:54וְנִכְלַ֕מְתְּ · and be ashamedSo you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.
- Ezekiel 16:61וְנִכְלַמְתְּ֒ · and be ashamedThen you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
- Ezekiel 36:32וְהִכָּלְמ֛וּ · and disgracedIt is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!
- Ezekiel 43:10וְיִכָּלְמ֖וּ · so that they may be ashamedAs for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,
- Ezekiel 43:11נִכְלְמ֞וּ · they are ashamed…and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.