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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).
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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 BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought down H3381 the people H5971 unto H413 the water: H4325 and H559➔ the LORD H3068 said ➔H559 unto H413 Gideon, H1439 Every one H3605 that H834 lappeth H3952 of H4480 the water H4325 with his tongue, H3956 as H834 a dog H3611 lappeth, H3952 him H853 shalt thou set H3322 by himself; H905 likewise every one H3605 that H834 boweth down H3766 upon H5921 his knees H1290 to drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then was H2734➔ Abner H74 very H3966 wroth ➔H2734 for H5921 the words H1697 of Ishbosheth, H378 H378 and said, H559 Am I H595 a dog's H3611 head, H7218 which H834 against Judah H3063 do shew H6213 kindness H2617 this day H3117 unto H5973 the house H1004 of Saul H7586 thy father, H1 to H413 his brethren, H251 and to H413 his friends, H4828 and H3808➔ have H4672➔ not ➔H3808 delivered thee ➔H4672 into the hand H3027 of David, H1732 that thou chargest H6485 me H5921 to day H3117 with a fault H5771 concerning this woman? H802

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - And he bowed himself, H7812 and said, H559 What H4100 is thy servant, H5650 that H3588 thou shouldest look H6437 upon H413 such H834 a H3611➔ dead H4191 dog ➔ H3611 as I H3644 am?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then said H559 Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 unto H413 the king, H4428 Why H4100 should H7043➔ this H2088 dead H4191 dog H3611 curse ➔H7043 my lord H113 the king? H4428 let me go over, H5674 I pray thee, H4994 and take off H5493 his head. H7218

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - Him that dieth H4191 of Jeroboam H3379 in the city H5892 shall H398➔ the dogs H3611 eat; ➔H398 and him that dieth H4191 in the field H7704 shall H398➔ the fowls H5775 of the air H8064 eat: ➔H398 for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - Him that dieth H4191 of Baasha H1201 in the city H5892 shall H398➔ the dogs H3611 eat; ➔H398 and him that dieth H4191 of his in the fields H7704 shall H398➔ the fowls H5775 of the air H8064 eat. ➔H398

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - And thou shalt speak H1696 unto him, H413 saying, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Hast thou killed, H7523 and also H1571 taken possession? H3423 And thou shalt speak H1696 unto him, H413 saying, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 In the place H4725 where H834 dogs H3611 licked H3952 the blood H1818 of Naboth H5022 shall H3952➔ dogs H3611 lick ➔H3952 thy blood, H1818 even H1571 thine. H859

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - And H1571➔ of Jezebel H348 also ➔H1571 spake H1696 the LORD, H3068 saying, H559 The dogs H3611 shall eat H398 Jezebel H348 by the wall H2426 of Jezreel. H3157

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - Him that dieth H4191 of Ahab H256 in the city H5892 the dogs H3611 shall eat; H398 and him that dieth H4191 in the field H7704 shall H398➔ the fowls H5775 of the air H8064 eat. ➔H398

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And one washed H7857 the chariot H7393 in H5921 the pool H1295 of Samaria; H8111 and H3952➔ the dogs H3611 licked up ➔H3952 his blood; H1818 and H2185➔ they washed H7364 his armour; ➔H2185 according unto the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 he spake. H1696

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - And H559➔ Hazael H2371 said, ➔H559 But H3588 what, H4100 is thy servant H5650 a dog, H3611 that H3588 he should do H6213 this H2088 great H1419 thing? H1697 And H559➔ Elisha H477 answered, ➔H559 The LORD H3068 hath shewed me H7200 that thou H853 shalt be king H4428 over H5921 Syria. H758

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - And H853 the dogs H3611 shall eat H398 Jezebel H348 in the portion H2506 of Jezreel, H3157 and H369➔ there shall be none ➔H369 to bury H6912 her. And he opened H6605 the door, H1817 and fled. H5127

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - Wherefore they came again, H7725 and told H5046 him. And he said, H559 This H1931 is the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 he spake H1696 by H3027 his servant H5650 Elijah H452 the Tishbite, H8664 saying, H559 In the portion H2506 of Jezreel H3157 shall H398➔ dogs H3611 eat ➔H398 the flesh H1320 of Jezebel: H348

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - But now H6258 they that are younger H6810 H4480➔ H3117 than I ➔H4480 have H7832➔ me H5921 in derision, ➔H7832 whose H834 fathers H1 I would have disdained H3988 to have set H7896 with H5973 the dogs H3611 of my flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - For H3588 dogs H3611 have compassed me: H5437 the assembly H5712 of the wicked H7489 have inclosed me: H5362 they pierced H3738 my hands H3027 and my feet. H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - Deliver H5337 my soul H5315 from the sword; H2719 my darling H3173 from the power H3027 of the dog. H3611

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - They return H7725 at evening: H6153 they make a noise H1993 like a dog, H3611 and go round about H5437 the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - That H4616 thy foot H7272 may be dipped H4272 in the blood H1818 of H341➔ thine enemies, ➔H341 and the tongue H3956 of thy dogs H3611 in the same. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - As a dog H3611 returneth H7725 to H5921 his vomit, H6892 so a fool H3684 returneth H8138 to his folly. H200

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - He that passeth by, H5674 and meddleth H5674 with H5921 strife H7379 belonging not H3808 to him, is like one that taketh H2388 a dog H3611 by the ears. H241

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For H3588 to him H4310 that H834 is joined H2266 to H413 all H3605 the living H2416 there is H3426 hope: H986 for H3588 a H3611➔ living H2416 dog ➔ H3611 is better H2896 than H4480 a H738➔ dead H4191 lion. ➔H738

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - His watchmen H6822 are blind: H5787 they H3605➔ are H3045➔ all ➔H3605 ignorant, ➔ H3808 H3045 they H3605➔ are all ➔H3605 dumb H483 dogs, H3611 they H3201 cannot H3808 bark; H5024 sleeping, H1957 lying down, H7901 loving H157 to slumber. H5123

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - Yea, H3611➔ they are greedy H5794 H5315 dogs ➔ H3611 which can H3045➔ never H3808 have ➔H3045 enough, H7654 and they H1992 are shepherds H7462 that cannot H3808 H3045 understand: H995 they all H3605 look H6437 to their own way, H1870 every one H376 for his gain, H1215 from his quarter. H7097

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - He that killeth H7819 an ox H7794 is as if he slew H5221 a man; H376 he that sacrificeth H2076 a lamb, H7716 as if he cut off H6202➔ a dog's H3611 neck; ➔H6202 he that offereth H5927 an oblation, H4503 as if he offered swine's H2386 blood; H1818 he that burneth H2142 incense, H3828 as if he blessed H1288 an idol. H205 Yea, H1571 they H1992 have chosen H977 their own ways, H1870 and H8251➔ their soul H5315 delighteth H2654 in their abominations. ➔H8251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I will appoint H6485 over them H5921 four H702 kinds, H4940 saith H5002 the LORD: H3068 the sword H2719 to slay, H2026 and H853 the dogs H3611 to tear, H5498 and H853 the fowls H5775 of the heaven, H8064 and H853 the beasts H929 of the earth, H776 to devour H398 and destroy. H7843
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