Be humiliated
כָּלַםStrong’s H3637kalam (ka-lam)
Appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kalam is the Hebrew word usually translated “humiliated”, “may they be humiliated” and “ashamed”. It appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.”
Meaning
- To insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated(Niphal) · (Hiphil) · (Hophal)
How it's translated
- humiliated 3
- and may they be humiliated 2
- and you will be ashamed 2
- will she be put to shame 1
- putting to shame 1
- you must humiliate her 1
- he had put to shame him 1
- we have humiliated them 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Jeremiah 6
- Ezekiel 6
- Isaiah 5
- 1 Samuel 3
- 2 Samuel 2
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 18:7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
- Ruth 2:15And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
- 1 Samuel 20:34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
- 1 Samuel 25:7And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:15But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
- 2 Samuel 10:5When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
All 38 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
כָּלַם kalam · be humiliated
1) to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be humiliated, be ashamed 1a2) to be put to shame, be dishonoured, be confounded 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to put to shame, insult, humiliate, cause shame to 1b2) to exhibit shame 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be insulted, be humiliated 1c2) to be put to shame, be dishonoured, be confounded
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “humiliated” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HUMIL'IATED, participle passive
Humbled; depressed; degraded.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.