כָּלַם

Strong’s Definition

properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated
• 2.(niphal)
• 3.(hiphil)
• 4.(hophal)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: kâlam; Pronunciation: kaw-lawm'