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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 Box Num 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:6 - from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:30 - But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well 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 the son of Jephunneh, who were among 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, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb 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 - Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb 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 - none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the LORD!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13 - Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb 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 the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - According to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as 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, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb 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 had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter for a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said. And he drove out from it the three sons of Anak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19 - When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah[fn] his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son[fn] of Mareshah: Hebron.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - Ephah also, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49 - She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons[fn] of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15 - The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son[fn] of Elah: 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 the son of Jephunneh.
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