Dishonor
קָלוֹןStrong’s H7036qalon (qa-lon)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qalon is the Hebrew word usually translated “shame”, “shame your” and “disgrace of”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;”
Meaning
- Shame, disgrace, dishonour, ignominyignominy (of nation) · dishonour, disgrace (personal)
How it's translated
- shame 9
- and shame 3
- shame your 3
- disgrace of 1
- for shame 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 8
- Jeremiah 2
- Hosea 2
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 83:16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
- Proverbs 3:35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
- Proverbs 6:33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
- Proverbs 9:7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
- Proverbs 12:16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Hebrew dictionary
קָלוֹן qalon · dishonor
1) shame, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy 1a) ignominy (of nation) 1b) dishonour, disgrace (personal)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dishonor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISHONOR, noun
Dizonor. [dis and honor.] Reproach; disgrace; ignominy; shame; whatever constitutes a stain or blemish in the reputation.
All definitions and other forms of “dishonor”
DISHONOR, verb transitive
- To disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to stain the character of; to lessen reputation.
- To treat with indignity.
- To violate the chastity of; to debauch.
- To refuse or decline to accept or pay; as, to dishonor a bill of exchange.
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.