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Lexicon :: Strong's H3612 - kālēḇ

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כָּלֵב
Transliteration
kālēḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-labe'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps a form of כֶּלֶב (H3611), or else from the same root in the sense of forcible
Strong’s Definitions

כָּלֵב Kâlêb, kaw-labe'; perhaps a form of H3611, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible; Caleb, the name of three Israelites:—Caleb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H3612 in the following manner: Caleb (35x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H3612 in the following manner: Caleb (35x).

  1. Caleb = "dog"

    1. the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture

    2. son of Hezron and grandson of Pharez and great grandson of Judah and the father of Hur and grandfather of Caleb the spy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּלֵב Kâlêb, kaw-labe'; perhaps a form of H3611, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible; Caleb, the name of three Israelites:—Caleb.
STRONGS H3612: Abbreviations
† כָּלֵב proper name, masculine (Nabataean proper name כלבא Eut (Nö)p. 55. כלבו VogNab. 6; compare also WeSkizzen u. Vorarbeiten iii. 217; on כָּלֵב = dog-clan, see RSK 17, 190 f., 219, 254); — son of יְפֻנֶּה (Greek Version of the LXX Χαλεβ; compare LagBN 78), called הַקְּנִזִּי (see קְנַז) in J E, Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6, 14, compare Joshua 15:17 = Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9 (where קְנַז is brother of כ׳), also 1 Chronicles 4:15; treated as full Judahite only in P Numbers 13:6 (see GFMJu p. 30 f.) the one of the spies who (with Joshua) reported well of Canaan Numbers 14:6, 24, 30, 38; also Numbers 26:65; Numbers 34:19; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:13; Joshua 15:13, 14, 16, 18; Joshua 21:12 (P = 1 Chronicles 6:41) Judges 1:12, 14, 15, 20 (|| with Joshua 15); = clan of Caleb 1 Samuel 30:14 (distinguished from Judah). Caleb is called בֶּןחֶֿצְרוֺן 1 Chronicles 2:18, compare 1 Chronicles 2:19; 1 Chronicles 2:42; 1 Chronicles 2:46; 1 Chronicles 2:48; 1 Chronicles 2:49; 1 Chronicles 2:50 = כְּלוּבָ֑י 1 Chronicles 2:9; בְּכָלֵב אֶפְרָתָה 1 Chronicles 2:24, read perh בָּא כ׳, so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate, compare KauAT (see H672 אֶפְרָתָה)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

13:6; 14:6; 14:24; 14:30; 14:38; 26:65; 32:12; 34:19

Deuteronomy

1:36

Joshua

14:6; 14:13; 14:14; 15; 15:13; 15:14; 15:16; 15:17; 15:18; 21:12

Judges

1:12; 1:13; 1:14; 1:15; 1:20; 3:9

1 Samuel

30:14

1 Chronicles

2:9; 2:18; 2:19; 2:24; 2:42; 2:46; 2:48; 2:49; 2:50; 4:15; 6:41

H3612

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3612 matches the Hebrew כָּלֵב (kālēḇ),
which occurs 35 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:6 - Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:30 - Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, two of those who had been to see the land, giving signs of grief,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24 - But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - Not one will come into the land which I gave my word you would have for your resting-place, but only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of those who went to see the land, were not touched by disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the Lord had said of them, Death will certainly overtake them in the waste land. And of them all, only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, were still living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19 - And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he will see it; and to him and to his children I will give the land over which his feet have gone, because he has been true to the Lord with all his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - Then the children of Judah went to Joshua in Gilgal; and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, You have knowledge of what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about me and about you in Kadesh-barnea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13 - And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - So Hebron became the heritage of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, to this day, because with all his heart he was true to the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - And the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak, were forced out from there by Caleb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - And when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We made an attack on the south part of the country of the Cherethites, and on the land which is Judah's, and on the south of Caleb; and we put Ziklag on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:18 - And Caleb, the son of Hezron, had children by Azubah his wife, the daughter of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19 - And after the death of Azubah, Caleb took as his wife Ephrath, who was the mother of Hur.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - And Ephah, Caleb's servant-wife, had Haran and Moza and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah, Caleb's servant-wife, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49 - And Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and Caleb's daughter was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah; Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15 - And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
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