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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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“You shall be holy H6944 people H376 to Me, therefore you shall not eat H398 any flesh H1320 torn H2966 to H2966 pieces H2966 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 earnings H868 of a prostitute H2181 or the money H4242 for a [fn]dog H3611 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 as payment for any H3605 vowed H5088 offering H5088, because H3588 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. Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Gideon H1439, “You shall put H3322 everyone H3605 who H834 laps H3952 the water H4325 with his tongue H3956 as a dog H3611 laps H3952 [fn]in one H905 group H905, and everyone H3605 who H834 kneels H1290 H3766 down H3766 to drink H8354 in another.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - So 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 gone H3318 out H3318? 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 became H2734 very H3966 angry H2734 over H5921 Ish-bosheth’s H378 [fn]question H1697 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 let H4672 you fall H4672 into the hands H3027 of David H1732; yet today H3117 you call H6485 me to H6485 account H6485 for wrongdoing H5771 with [fn]that woman H802?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - Again he prostrated H2331 himself, and said H559, “What H4100 is your servant H5650, that you should be H6437 concerned H6437 about H413 a dead H4191 dog H3611 like H3644 me?”

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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? Now H4994 let me go H5674 over H5674 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 anyone who dies H4191 in the field H7704, the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 will eat H398; for the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 it.”’

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - “The LORD H3068 has also H1571 spoken H1696 of Jezebel H348, saying H559, ‘The dogs H3611 will eat H398 Jezebel H348 in the [fn]territory 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 the sky H8064 will eat H398.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - They washed H7857 out H7857 the chariot H7393 by the pool H1295 of Samaria H8111, and the dogs H3611 licked H3952 up H3952 his blood H1818 (it was there that the prostitutes H2181 bathed H7364 themselves) in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He had spoken H1696.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - Then Hazael H2371 said H559, “But what H4100 is your servant H5650—a lowly dog H3611—that he could 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 will eat H398 Jezebel H348 in the territory H2506 of Jezreel H3157, and no H369 one H369 will 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 informed 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, ‘On the [fn]property H2506 of Jezreel H3157 the dogs H3611 shall eat H398 the flesh H1320 of Jezebel H348;

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“But now H6258 those H6810 who are younger H6810 H3117 than H4480 I mock H7832 me,

Whose H834 fathers H1 I refused H3988 to put H7896 with the dogs H3611 of my flock H6629.

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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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Save 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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They return H7725 at evening H6153, they howl H1993 like a dog H3611,

And prowl H5437 around H5437 the city H5892.

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They return H7725 at evening H6153, they howl H1993 like a dog H3611,

And prowl H5437 around H5437 the city H5892.

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So H4616 that H4616 [fn]your foot H7272 may shatter H4272 them in blood H1818,

And the tongue H3956 of your dogs H3611 may have its portion H4521 from your enemies H340.”

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Like a dog H3611 that returns H7725 to its vomit H6892,

So is a fool H3684 who repeats H8138 [fn]his foolishness H200.

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Like one who takes H2388 a dog H3611 by the ears H241,

So is one who passes H5674 by H5674 and [fn]meddles H5674 with strife H7379 not belonging to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4

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

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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,

Dreamers H1957 lying H7901 down H7901, who love H157 to slumber H5123;

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And the dogs H3611 are [fn]greedy H5315 H5794, they [fn]are never H3808 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, [fn]without H4480 exception H7097.

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“But the one who slaughters H7819 an ox H7794 is like one who kills H5221 a person H376;

The one who sacrifices H2076 a lamb H7716 is like one who breaks H6202 a dog’s H3611 neck H6202;

One who offers H5927 a grain offering H4503 is like one who offers pig’s H2386 blood H1818;

One who [fn]burns H2142 incense H3828 is like one who blesses H1288 an idol H205.

As they have chosen H977 their own ways H1870,

And their souls H5315 delight H2654 in their abominations H8251,

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“And I will appoint H6485 over H5921 them four H702 kinds H4940 of doom,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068: “the sword H2719 to kill H2026, the dogs H3611 to drag H5498 away H5498, and the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the animals H929 of the earth H776 to devour H398 and destroy H7843.

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