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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

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 - from the tribe H4294 of Judah H3063, Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312;

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Then Caleb H3612 quieted H2013 the people H5971 [fn]before H413 Moses H4872 and said H559, “We should by H5927 all H5927 means H5927 go H5927 up H5927 and take H3423 possession H3423 of it, for we will certainly H3201 prevail H3201 over it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - And Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312, of those who had spied H8446 out H8446 the land H776, tore H7167 their clothes H899;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24 - “But as for My servant H5650 Caleb H3612, because H6118 he has had H1961 H5973 a different H312 spirit H7307 and has followed H310 Me fully H4390, I will bring H935 him into the land H776 which H834 he [fn]entered H935, and his [fn]descendants H2233 shall take H3423 possession H3423 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - ‘By no H518 means H518 will you come H935 into the land H776 where H834 I [fn]swore H5375 H3027 to settle H7931 you, except H3588 H518 for Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 remained H2421 alive H2421 out of those H1992 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H8446 out H8446 the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD H3068 had said H559 [fn]of them, “They shall certainly H4191 die H4191 in the wilderness H4057.” And not a man H376 was left H3498 of them, except H3588 H518 Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - except H1115 Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenizzite H7074 and Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126; for they have followed H310 the LORD H3068 fully H4390.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19 - “These H428 are the names H8034 of the men H376: of the tribe H4294 of Judah H3063, Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - except H2108 Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312; he shall see H7200 it, and to him I will give H5414 the land H776 on which H834 he has set H1869 foot H1869, and to his sons H1121, because H3282 H834 he has followed H310 the LORD H3068 fully H4390.’

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Then the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 approached H5066 Joshua H3091 in Gilgal H1537, and Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenizzite H7074 said H559 to him, “You know H3045 the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 the man H376 of God H430 on account H182 of [fn]you and me in Kadesh-barnea H6947.

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So Joshua H3091 blessed H1288 him and gave H5414 Hebron H2275 to Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 as an inheritance H5159.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Therefore H5921 H3651, Hebron H2275 became H1961 the inheritance H5159 of Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 the Kenizzite H7074 to this H2088 day H3117, because H3282 H834 he followed H310 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 fully H4390.

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Now he gave H5414 to Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 a portion H2506 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Judah H3063, in H413 accordance H413 with H413 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 to Joshua H3091, namely, [fn]Kiriath-arba H7153, Arba being the father H1 of Anak H6061 (that is, Hebron H2275).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - And Caleb H3612 [fn]drove H3423 out H3423 from there H8033 the three H7969 sons H1121 of Anak H6061: Sheshai H8344, Ahiman H289, and Talmai H8526, the children H3211 of Anak H6061.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - And Caleb H3612 said H559, “The one who H834 [fn]attacks H5221 Kiriath-sepher H7158 and captures H3920 it, [fn]I will give H5414 him Achsah H5915 my daughter H1323 as a wife H802.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz H7073, the brother H251 of Caleb H3612, captured H3920 it; so he gave H5414 him Achsah H5915 his daughter H1323 as a wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - And it happened H1961 that when she came H935 to him, she incited H5496 him to ask H7592 her father H1 for a field H7704. So she dismounted H6795 from the donkey H2543, and Caleb H3612 said H559 to her, “What H4100 do you want?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the fields H7704 of the city H5892 and its villages H2691 they gave H5414 to Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 as his possession H272.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - And Caleb H3612 said H559, “Whoever H834 attacks H5221 Kiriath-sepher H7158 and captures H3920 it, I will give H5414 him my daughter H1323 Achsah H5915 as a wife H802.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - Now Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz H7073, Caleb’s H3612 younger H6996 H4480 brother H251, captured H3920 it; so he gave H5414 him his daughter H1323 Achsah H5915 as a wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - Then it happened H1961 that when she came H935 to him, she incited H5496 him to ask H7592 her father H1 for a field H7704. Then later, she dismounted H6795 from [fn]her donkey H2543, and Caleb H3612 said H559 to her, “What H4100 [fn]do you want?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - She said H559 to him, “Give H3051 me a blessing H1293: since H3588 you have given H5414 me the land H776 of the [fn]Negev H5045, give H5414 me springs H1543 of water H4325 also.” So Caleb H3612 gave H5414 her the upper H5942 springs H1543 and the lower H8482 springs H1543.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - Then they gave H5414 Hebron H2275 to Caleb H3612, as Moses H4872 had [fn]promised H1696; and he drove H3423 out H3423 from there H8033 the three H7969 sons H1121 of Anak H6061.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 out H2199 to the LORD H3068, and the LORD H3068 raised H6965 up H6965 a deliverer H3467 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 to set H3467 them free H3467, Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz H7073, Caleb’s H3612 younger H6996 H4480 brother H251.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - “We carried H6584 out H6584 an H6584 attack H6584 on the [fn]Negev H5045 of the Cherethites H3774, and on that which H834 belongs to Judah H3063, and on the [fn]Negev H5045 of Caleb H3612, and we burned H8313 Ziklag H6860 with fire H784.”

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Now Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Hezron H2696 had H3205 sons H3205 by Azubah H5806 his wife H802, and by Jerioth H3408; and these H428 were her sons H1121: Jesher H3475, Shobab H7727, and Ardon H715.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19 - When Azubah H5806 died H4191, Caleb H3612 married H3947 Ephrath H672, who bore H3205 to him Hur H2354.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42

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Now the sons H1121 of Caleb H3612, the brother H251 of Jerahmeel H3396, were Mesha H4337 his firstborn H1060, who H1931 was the father H1 of Ziph H2128; and [fn]his son H1121 was Mareshah H4762, the father H1 of Hebron H2275.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - Ephah H5891, Caleb’s H3612 concubine H6370, gave H3205 birth H3205 to Haran H2771, Moza H4162, and Gazez H1495; and Haran H2771 fathered H3205 Gazez H1495.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah H4601, Caleb’s H3612 concubine H6370, gave H3205 birth H3205 to Sheber H7669 and Tirhanah H8647.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49 - She also gave H3205 birth H3205 to Shaaph H8174 the father H1 of Madmannah H4089, Sheva H7724 the father H1 of Machbena H4343 and the father H1 of Gibea H1388; and the daughter H1323 of Caleb H3612 was Achsah H5915.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These H428 were the sons H1121 of Caleb H3612.

The [fn]sons H1121 of Hur H2354, the firstborn H1060 of Ephrathah H672, were Shobal H7732 the father H1 of Kiriath-jearim H7157,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15 - The sons H1121 of Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312 were Iru H5900, Elah H425, and Naam H5277; and the [fn]son H1121 of Elah H425 was [fn]Kenaz H7073.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - but they gave H5414 the fields H7704 of the city H5892 and its settlements H2691 to Caleb H3612 the son H1121 of Jephunneh H3312.
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