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Strong's H3639 כְּלִמָּה (kelimmah)

Kelimmah means “disgrace” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3639 — olethros (“destruction”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3639
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 29
Books 7

Strong's H3639 Quick Answer

Strong's H3639 כְּלִמָּה (klimmah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. klimmah (kel-im-maw') n-f. 1. disgrace [from H3637] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include shame, confusion, reproach, and dishonour. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
klimmah (kel-im-maw') n-f. 1. disgrace [from H3637]
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
shame, confusion, reproach, and dishonour

Meaning and Definition

klimmah (kel-im-maw') n-f. 1. disgrace [from H3637] KJV: confusion, dishonour, reproach, shame. Root(s): H3637

Original Word
כְּלִמָּה
Transliteration
klimmah
Derivation
Root: כלם First root strongs: 3637
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3639. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H3639 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render klimmah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

shame Psalms 4:2 15× confusion Psalms 35:26 reproach Job 20:3 dishonour Psalms 69:19

How Strong's H3639 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 29 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3639 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3639 in the Old Testament

29 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Job 20:3 KJV

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 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.

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3639.

Job 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Psalms 4:2 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 35:26 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 44:15 Old Testament, KJV
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Psalms 69:7 Old Testament, KJV
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Psalms 69:19 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
Psalms 71:13 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 109:29 Old Testament, KJV
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Proverbs 18:13 Old Testament, KJV
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Isaiah 30:3 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 45:16 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 36:7 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
Ezekiel 36:15 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Micah 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3639, grouped by book.

Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 12 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3639 FAQ

What does kelimmah (כְּלִמָּה) mean?

Kelimmah (Strong's H3639) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "disgrace". klimmah (kel-im-maw') n-f. 1. disgrace [from H3637]

How many times is kelimmah (כְּלִמָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H3639 across 7 books.

Where can I study kelimmah (כְּלִמָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3639 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kelimmah (כְּלִמָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shame, confusion, reproach, and dishonour. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.