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Lexicon :: Strong's H3611 - keleḇ

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כֶּלֶב
Transliteration
keleḇ
Pronunciation
keh'-leb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack
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TWOT Reference: 981a

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּלֶב keleb, keh'-leb; from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute:—dog.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H3611 in the following manner: dog (32x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H3611 in the following manner: dog (32x).

  1. dog

    1. dog (literal)

    2. contempt or abasement (fig.)

    3. of pagan sacrifice

    4. of male cult prostitute (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּלֶב keleb, keh'-leb; from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute:—dog.
STRONGS H3611: Abbreviations
† כֶּ֫לֶב noun masculine1Sam 24:15 dog (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כלב; Aramaic כַּלְבָּא, bdb047611, Arabic bdb047612; Ethiopic bdb047613 Assyrian kalbu DlHWB 328) — absolute כ׳ Judges 7:5 + 16 times, כָּ֑לֶב Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:15; plural כְּלָבִים 1 Kings 14:11 + 12 times; construct כַּלְבֵי Job 30:1; suffix כְּלָבֶיךָ Psalm 68:24; — dog:
a. literal 1 Kings 14:11; 1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 21:19 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 21:23, 24; 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 9:10, 36 (all of fierce, hungry dogs, devouring dead bodies and licking blood); compare Jeremiah 15:3 and (לְשׁוֺן כְּלָבֶיךָ) Psalm 68:24; eating torn flesh, Exodus 22:30 (E), כַּלְבֵי צאֹנִי = my sheep-dogs, only Job 30:1 (in both these with implied inferiority); dog-sacrifice was a heathen rite Isaiah 66:3 (Di and others); see especially RSSemitic i, 273 (291), 325 (343); invarious simile Judges 7:5; Proverbs 26:11, 17; Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:15; in proverbial sayings: לֹא לִשֹׁנוֺ יֶחֱרַץכֿ׳ Exodus 11:7 (see I. חרץ); מֵת טוֺב מִןֿ לְכ׳ הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת Ecclesiastes 9:4.
b. applied, figurative, to men, in contempt 1 Samuel 17:43, so of psalmist's enemies Psalm 22:17; Psalm 22:21, or in excessive humility 2 Kings 8:13; still more emphatically מֵת כ׳ a dead dog, הַמֵּת הַכּ׳ 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:9; also ראֹשׁ כ׳ 2 Samuel 3:8; כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִים Isaiah 56:10 (of misleading prophets), עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁ הַכּ׳ Isaiah 56:11 (id.); כ׳ was name given to male temple-prostitutes Deuteronomy 23:19 (see Dr; compare H6945 קָדֵשׁ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

11:7; 22:30

Deuteronomy

23:19

Judges

7:5; 7:5

1 Samuel

17:43; 24:15

2 Samuel

3:8; 9:8; 16:9

1 Kings

14:11; 14:11; 16:4; 21:19; 21:23; 21:24; 22:38

2 Kings

8:13; 9:10; 9:36

Job

30:1; 30:1

Psalms

22:17; 22:21; 59:7; 59:7; 59:15; 59:15; 68:24; 68:24

Proverbs

26:11; 26:17

Ecclesiastes

9:4

Isaiah

56:10; 56:11; 66:3

Jeremiah

15:3

H3611

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Strong's Number H3611 matches the Hebrew כֶּלֶב (keleḇ),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog H3611 move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31 - And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. H3611

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, H3611 into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog H3611 lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, H3611 that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14 - After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, H3611 after a flea.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's H3611 head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog H3611 as I am?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog H3611 curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs H3611 eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs H3611 eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs H3611 licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs H3611 lick thy blood, even thine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs H3611 shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs H3611 shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs H3611 licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, H3611 that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - And the dogs H3611 shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs H3611 eat the flesh of Jezebel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs H3611 of my flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - For dogs H3611 have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. H3611

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, H3611 and go round about the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14 - And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, H3611 and go round about the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs H3611 in the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - As a dog H3611 returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog H3611 by the ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog H3611 is better than a dead lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, H3611 they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - Yea, they are greedy dogs H3611 which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's H3611 neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs H3611 to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
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