קָלוֹן
kalon · disgrace, shame
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7036 · appears 17 times in the Bible
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kalon (קָלוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “disgrace, shame”.
Dishonor, public shame, disgrace.
How to say it
ka·lon
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The embarrassment of one who loses face.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- disgrace ×13
- dishonor ×2
- shame ×2
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 10:15
If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift my head, sated with dishonor and seeing my affliction.
- Psalms 83:16
Fill their faces with disgrace, and let them seek your name, YHWH.
- Proverbs 3:35
The wise will inherit honor, but the senseless carry off disgrace.
- Proverbs 6:33
Blows and disgrace he will find, and his reproach will not be wiped away.
- Proverbs 9:7
He who corrects a scoffer gets disgrace for himself, and he who reproves a wicked man gets his blemish.
- Proverbs 11:2
Insolence comes, and disgrace comes; but with the modest is wisdom.
- Proverbs 12:16
A fool: his vexation is known on that very day, but the shrewd man covers disgrace.
- Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and disgrace come to whoever ignores correction, but whoever heeds reproof will be honored.
- Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with disgrace, reproach.
- Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out; and dispute and disgrace will cease.
- Isaiah 22:18
he will roll you up tightly in a roll, like a ball, into a land wide on every side; there you will die, and there will be the chariots of your glory, disgrace of the house of your master!
- Jeremiah 13:26
So I also have stripped your skirts over your face, and your disgrace is seen.
- Jeremiah 46:12
The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry has filled the earth; for mighty man against mighty man has stumbled; together they have fallen, both of them.
- Hosea 4:7
As they multiplied, so they sinned against me; their glory I will change into disgrace.
- Hosea 4:18
Their drink is gone; they give themselves wholly to prostitution; her shields passionately love disgrace.
- Nahum 3:5
“Look, I am against you, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and I will uncover your skirts over your face, and I will show nations your nakedness, and kingdoms your shame.
- Habakkuk 2:16
You are filled with dishonor rather than glory; drink you too, and show yourself uncircumcised; the cup of the right hand of YHWH will come around to you, and disgrace will be on your glory.