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Lexicon :: Strong's H3611 - keleḇ

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxExo 11:7 - ‘But against any H3605 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 a dog H3611 will not even [fn]bark, H2782 H3956 whether H4480 against man H376 or H5704 beast, H929 that you may [fn]understand H3045 how H834 the LORD H3068 makes H6395 a distinction H6395 between H996 Egypt H4714 and Israel.’ H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31 - “You shall be holy H6944 men H376 to Me, therefore you shall not eat H398 any flesh H1320 torn H2966 to pieces in the field; H7704 you shall throw H7993 it to the dogs. H3611

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - “You shall not bring H935 the hire H868 of a harlot H2181 or the wages H4242 of a [fn]dog H3611 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 for any H3605 votive H5088 offering, H5088 for both H1571 H8147 of these are an abomination H8441 to the LORD H3068 your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought H3381 the people H5971 down H3381 to the water. H4325 And the LORD H3068 said H559 to Gideon, H1439 “You shall separate H905 everyone H3605 who H834 laps H3952 the water H4325 with his tongue H3956 as a dog H3611 laps, H3952 as well as everyone H3605 who H834 kneels H1290 H3766 to drink.” H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - The Philistine H6430 said H559 to David, H1732 “Am I a dog, H3611 that you come H935 to me with sticks?” H4731 And the Philistine H6430 cursed H7043 David H1732 by his gods. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14 - “After H310 whom H4310 has the king H4428 of Israel H3478 come H3318 out? Whom H4310 are you pursuing? H7291 A dead H4191 dog, H3611 a single H259 flea? H6550

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner H74 was very H3966 angry H2734 over H5921 the words H1697 of Ish-bosheth H378 and said, H559 “Am I a dog’s H3611 head H7218 that belongs to Judah? H3063 Today H3117 I show H6213 kindness H2617 to the house H1004 of Saul H7586 your father, H1 to his brothers H251 and to his friends, H4828 and have not delivered H4672 you into the hands H3027 of David; H1732 and yet today H3117 you charge H6485 me with a guilt H5771 concerning the woman. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - Again he prostrated H7812 himself and said, H559 “What H4100 is your servant, H5650 that you should regard H6437 a dead H4191 dog H3611 like H3644 me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 said H559 to the king, H4428 “Why H4100 should this H2088 dead H4191 dog H3611 curse H7043 my lord H113 the king? H4428 Let me go H5674 over H5674 now H4994 and [fn]cut H5493 off H5493 his head.” H7218

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - “Anyone belonging to Jeroboam H3379 who dies H4191 in the city H5892 the dogs H3611 will eat. H398 And he who dies H4191 in the field H7704 the birds H5775 of the heavens H8064 will eat; H398 for the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 it.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - “Anyone of Baasha H1201 who dies H4191 in the city H5892 the dogs H3611 will eat, H398 and anyone of his who dies H4191 in the field H7704 the birds H5775 of the heavens H8064 will eat.” H398

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “You shall speak H1696 to him, saying, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Have you murdered H7523 and also H1571 taken H3423 possession?”’ H3423 And you shall speak H1696 to him, saying, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “In the place H4725 where H834 the dogs H3611 licked H3952 up the blood H1818 of Naboth H5022 the dogs H3611 will lick H3952 up your blood, H1818 even H1571 yours.”’” H859

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - “Of Jezebel H348 also H1571 has the LORD H3068 spoken, H1696 saying, H559 ‘The dogs H3611 will eat H398 Jezebel H348 in the [fn]district H2426 of Jezreel.’ H3157

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - “The one belonging to Ahab, H256 who dies H4191 in the city, H5892 the dogs H3611 will eat, H398 and the one who dies H4191 in the field H7704 the birds H5775 of heaven H8064 will eat.” H398

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - They washed H7857 the chariot H7393 by the pool H1295 of Samaria, H8111 and the dogs H3611 licked H3952 up his blood H1818 (now the harlots H2181 bathed H7364 themselves there), according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He spoke. H1696

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - Then Hazael H2371 said, H559 “But what H4100 is your servant, H5650 who is but a dog, H3611 that he should do H6213 this H2088 great H1419 thing?” H1697 And Elisha H477 [fn]answered, H559 “The LORD H3068 has shown H7200 me that you will be king H4428 over H5921 Aram.” H758

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - ‘The dogs H3611 shall eat H398 Jezebel H348 in the territory H2506 of Jezreel, H3157 and none H369 shall bury H6912 her.’” Then he opened H6605 the door H1817 and fled. H5127

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - Therefore they returned H7725 and told H5046 him. And he said, H559 “This H1931 is the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 He spoke H1696 by His servant H5650 Elijah H452 the Tishbite, H8664 saying, H559 ‘In the [fn]property H2506 of Jezreel H3157 the dogs H3611 shall eat H398 the flesh H1320 of Jezebel; H348

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - “But now H6258 those H6810 younger H6810 than H4480 I mock H7832 me,
Whose H834 fathers H1 I disdained H3988 to put H7896 with the dogs H3611 of my flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - For dogs H3611 have surrounded H5437 me;
[fn]A band H5712 of evildoers H7489 has encompassed H5362 me;
[fn]They pierced H3564 my hands H3027 and my feet. H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - Deliver H5337 my [fn]soul H5315 from the sword, H2719
My only H3173 life from the [fn]power H3027 of the dog. H3611

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - They return H7725 at evening, H6153 they howl H1993 like a dog, H3611
And go H5437 around H5437 the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14 - They return H7725 at evening, H6153 they howl H1993 like a dog, H3611
And go H5437 around H5437 the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - That [fn]your foot H7272 may shatter H4272 them in blood, H1818
The tongue H3956 of your dogs H3611 may have its portion H4521 from your enemies.” H340

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - Like a dog H3611 that returns H7725 to its vomit H6892
Is a fool H3684 who repeats H8138 [fn]his folly. H200

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - Like one who takes H2388 a dog H3611 by the ears H241
Is he who passes H5674 by and [fn]meddles H5674 with strife H7379 not belonging to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For whoever H4310 H834 is joined H2266 with all H3605 the living, H2416 there H3426 is hope; H986 surely H3588 a live H2416 dog H3611 is better H2896 than H4480 a dead H4191 lion. H738

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - His watchmen H6822 are blind, H5787
All H3605 of them know H3045 nothing. H3808
All H3605 of them are mute H483 dogs H3611 unable H3808 H3201 to bark, H5024
[fn]Dreamers H1957 lying H7901 down, H7901 who love H157 to slumber; H5123

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - And the dogs H3611 are [fn]greedy, H5315 H5794 they [fn]are not satisfied. H3045 H7654
And they are shepherds H7462 who have H3045 no H3808 understanding; H995
They have all H3605 turned H6437 to their own way, H1870
Each H376 one H376 to his unjust H1215 gain, H1215 to the last H7097 one. H7097

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - “But he who kills H7819 an ox H7794 is like one who slays H5221 a man; H376
He who sacrifices H2076 a lamb H7716 is like the one who breaks H6202 a dog’s H3611 neck; H6202
He who offers H5927 a grain offering H4503 is like one who offers swine’s H2386 blood; H1818
He who [fn]burns H2142 incense H3828 is like the one who blesses H1288 an idol. H205
As they have chosen H977 their own ways, H1870
And their soul H5315 delights H2654 in their abominations, H8251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - “I will appoint H6485 over H5921 them four H702 kinds H4940 of doom,” declares H5002 the LORD: H3068 “the sword H2719 to slay, H2026 the dogs H3611 to drag H5498 off, and the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the beasts H929 of the earth H776 to devour H398 and destroy. H7843
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