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כְּלִמָּה H3639
H3639 is the Hebrew word כְּלִמָּה, transliterated kᵉlimmâh and said kel-im-maw'. The King James Version most often renders it shame.
What it means
disgrace.
Where it comes from
from H3637 (כָּלַם).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 26 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.
Verses using כְּלִמָּה
All 25 verses, quoted in full.
Job 20:3 · KJV
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Psalm 4:2 · KJV
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.
Psalm 35:26 · KJV
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.
Psalm 44:15 · KJV
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Psalm 69:7 · KJV
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Psalm 69:19 · KJV
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
Psalm 71:13 · KJV
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Psalm 109:29 · KJV
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Isaiah 45:16 · KJV
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
Isaiah 50:6 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 61:7 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 3:25 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 20:11 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 51:51 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 16:52 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 16:54 · KJV
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 16:63 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 32:24 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 32:25 · KJV
They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
Ezekiel 32:30 · KJV
There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel 34:29 · KJV
And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
Ezekiel 36:6 · KJV
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Ezekiel 36:15 · KJV
Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 39:26 · KJV
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
Ezekiel 44:13 · KJV
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3639 mean?
H3639 is the Hebrew word כְּלִמָּה (kᵉlimmâh), meaning disgrace.
How is H3639 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it shame (15 times), confusion (5 times), dishonour (3 times), thine own shame (2 times), reproach (1 time).
How many times does H3639 appear in the Bible?
כְּלִמָּה (kᵉlimmâh) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3639 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3637 (כָּלַם).
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