Word Study · Strong's H3639 · Hebrew
כְּלִמָּה
kelimmah
kel-im-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kᵉlimmâh
“disgrace”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
disgrace
Rendered in the KJV as
confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame.
- 30occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 23inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 30 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 23
- כְּלִמַּ֥ת3
- וּכְלִמָּ֑ה2
- כְּלִמָּתִ֣י2
- כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְ2
- כְלִמָּתָ֖ם2
- כְּלִמָּתָ֔ם2
- בַכְּלִמָּ֔ה1
- וּכְלִמָּ֖ה1
- וּכְלִמָּֽה׃1
- וּכְלִמָּתִ֑י1
- כְלִמָּ֣ה1
- כְלִמָּ֖ה1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 17
- disgrace their5
- and ignominy4
- disgrace your4
- ignominy3
- [the] insult[s] of2
- [become] into ignominy1
- [the] insult of1
- and ignominy my1
- disgrace our1
- from insults1
- ignomini[es]1
- ignominy my1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular4
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular4
- noun · feminine singular3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · feminine plural1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 6
- HC/Ncfsa · 4
- HNcfsc · 4
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 4
- HNcfsa · 3
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 2
- HR/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcfpa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp1bp · 1
- HR/Ncfpa · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 30, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms7 occurrences
- Psalms 4:2לִ֭כְלִמָּהlikhlimahpreposition + noun · feminine singularHow long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selahhere: [become] into ignominy
- Psalms 35:26וּכְלִמָּ֑הukhelimahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularMay those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.here: and ignominy
- Psalms 44:15כְּלִמָּתִ֣יkelimatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAll day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,here: ignominy my
- Psalms 69:7כְלִמָּ֣הkhelimahnoun · feminine singularFor I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.here: ignominy
- Psalms 69:19וּכְלִמָּתִ֑יukhelimaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.here: and ignominy my
- Psalms 71:13וּכְלִמָּ֑הukhelimahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularMay the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.here: and ignominy
- Psalms 109:29כְּלִמָּ֑הkelimahnoun · feminine singularMay my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.here: ignominy
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 30:3לִכְלִמָּֽה׃likhlimahpreposition + noun · feminine singularBut Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.here: into ignominy
- Isaiah 45:16בַכְּלִמָּ֔הvakelimahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularThey will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.here: in the ignominy
- Isaiah 50:6מִכְּלִמּ֖וֹתmikelimotpreposition + noun · feminine pluralI offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.here: from insults
- Isaiah 61:7וּכְלִמָּ֖הukhelimahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularInstead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.here: and ignominy
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 3:25כְּלִמָּתֵנוּ֒kelimatenunoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralLet us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”here: disgrace our
- Jeremiah 20:11כְּלִמַּ֥תkelimatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.here: ignominy of
- Jeremiah 51:51כְלִמָּ֖הkhelimahnoun · feminine singular“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”here: ignominy
Ezekiel13 occurrences
- Ezekiel 16:52כְלִמָּתֵ֗ךְkhelimatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.here: disgrace your
- Ezekiel 16:52כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְkhelimatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.here: disgrace your
- Ezekiel 16:54כְלִמָּתֵ֔ךְkhelimatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.here: disgrace your
- Ezekiel 16:63כְּלִמָּתֵ֑ךְkelimatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularso that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”here: disgrace your
- Ezekiel 32:24כְלִמָּתָ֖םkhelimatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralElam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.here: disgrace their
- Ezekiel 32:25כְלִמָּתָם֙khelimatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAmong the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.here: disgrace their
- Ezekiel 32:30כְלִמָּתָ֖םkhelimatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAll the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.here: disgrace their
- Ezekiel 34:29כְּלִמַּ֥תkelimatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.here: [the] insult of
- Ezekiel 36:6כְּלִמַּ֥תkelimatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.here: [the] insult[s] of
- Ezekiel 36:7כְּלִמָּתָ֥םkelimatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.here: insult[s] their
- Ezekiel 36:15כְּלִמַּ֣תkelimatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”here: [the] insult[s] of
- Ezekiel 39:26כְּלִמָּתָ֔םkelimatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.here: disgrace their
- Ezekiel 44:13כְּלִמָּתָ֔םkelimatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.here: disgrace their