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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)
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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

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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 Box Num 13:6

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from the tribe of Judah, Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:30

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Then Caleb H3612 quieted the people [fn]before Moses and said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we are surely able to overcome it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24 - “But My servant Caleb H3612, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, [fn]I will bring into the land [fn]which he entered, and his seed shall take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - ‘Surely you shall not come into the land in which I [fn]swore to make you dwell, except Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For Yahweh had said [fn]of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them, except Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - except Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed Yahweh fully.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19 - “Now these are the names of the men:

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - except Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his sons I will give the land on which he has set foot, because he has followed Yahweh fully.’

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Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning [fn]you and me in Kadesh-barnea.

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So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day because he fully followed Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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Now he gave to Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the [fn]command of Yahweh to Joshua, namely, [fn]Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - And Caleb H3612 dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - And Caleb H3612 said, “The one who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, [fn]I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb H3612, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - Now it happened that when she came to him, she enticed him to ask her father for a field. So she alighted from the donkey, and Caleb H3612 said to her, “What do you want?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - And Caleb H3612 said, “The one who strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - Then Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s H3612 younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - Now it happened that when she came to him, she enticed him to ask her father for the field. Then she alighted from [fn]her donkey, and Caleb H3612 said to her, “What [fn]do you want?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - And she said to him, “Give me a blessing, since you have given me the land of the [fn]Negev, so you shall give me also springs of water.” So Caleb H3612 gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - Then they gave Hebron to Caleb H3612, as Moses had [fn]promised; and he dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - Then the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up a savior for the sons of Israel to save them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s H3612 younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - “We made a raid on the [fn]Negev of the Cherethites and on that which belongs to Judah and on the [fn]Negev of Caleb H3612, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:18

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Now Caleb H3612 the son of Hezron became a father by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:19

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Then Azubah died, and Caleb H3612 took for himself Ephrath as a wife, and she bore him Hur.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:42

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Now the sons of Caleb H3612, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and [fn]his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:46

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Ephah, Caleb’s H3612 concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez;

and Haran became the father of Gazez.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:48

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Maacah, Caleb’s H3612 concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:49

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She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb H3612 was Achsah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:50

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These were the sons of Caleb H3612.

The [fn]sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:15

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The sons of Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam;

and the [fn]son of Elah was [fn]Kenaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb H3612 the son of Jephunneh.
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