קָלוֹן
qâlôwn · kaw-lone'
disgrace; (by implication) the pudenda
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7034 (קָלָה);
disgrace; (by implication) the pudenda
- disgrace
- (by implication) the pudenda
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: confusion, dishonour, ignominy, reproach, shame.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
What comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָלוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with shame3 · 18%
- shame2 · 12%
- of confusion1 · 6%
- but shame1 · 6%
- and dishonour1 · 6%
- to himself shame1 · 6%
- and shame1 · 6%
- and with ignominy1 · 6%
- and reproach1 · 6%
- shall be the shame1 · 6%
- that thy shame1 · 6%
- of thy shame1 · 6%
- into shame1 · 6%
- thy shame1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.