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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 - Of the tribe of Yehudah, Kalev the son of Yefunneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:30 - Kalev stilled the people before Moshe, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - Yehoshua the son of Nun and Kalev the son of Yefunneh, who were of those who 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 Kalev, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, save Kalev the son of Yefunneh, and Yehoshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Yehoshua the son of Nun, and Kalev the son of Yefunneh, remained alive 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 the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, save Kalev the son of Yefunneh, and Yehoshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - save Kalev the son of Yefunneh the Kenizzi, and Yehoshua the son of Nun; because 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 Yehudah, Kalev the son of Yefunneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - save Kalev the son of Yefunneh: he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he has trodden on, and to his children, because he has wholly followed the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - Then the children of Yehudah drew near to Yehoshua in Gilgal: and Kalev the son of Yefunneh the Kenizzi said to him, You know the thing that the LORD spoke to Moshe the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-Barnea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13 - Yehoshua blessed him; and he gave Hevron to Kalev the son of Yefunneh for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Therefore Hevron became the inheritance of Kalev the son of Yefunneh the Kenizzi to this day; because that he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - To Kalev the son of Yefunneh he gave a portion among the children of Yehudah, according to the mitzvah of the LORD to Yehoshua, even Kiryat-Arba, which Arba was the father of `Anak (the same is Hevron).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - Kalev drove out there the three sons of `Anak: Sheshai, and Achiman, and Talmai, the children of `Anak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - Kalev said, He who strikes Kiryat Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give `Akhsah my daughter as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - `Otni'el the son of Kenaz, the brother of Kalev, took it: and he gave him `Akhsah his daughter as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - It happened, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Kalev said, What would you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the fields of the city, and the villages of it, gave they to Kalev the son of Yefunneh for his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - Kalev said, He who strikes Kiryat Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give `Akhsah my daughter as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - `Otni'el the son of Kenaz, Kalev's younger brother, took it: and he gave him `Akhsah his daughter as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - It happened, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Kalev said to her, What would you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. Kalev gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - They gave Hevron to Kalev, as Moshe had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of `Anak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - When the children of Yisra'el cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior to the children of Yisra'el, who saved them, even `Otni'el the son of Kenaz, Kalev's younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We made a raid on the South of the Kereti, and on that which belongs to Yehudah, and on the South of Kalev; and we burned Tziklag with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:18 - Kalev the son of Hetzron became the father of children of `Azuvah his wife, and of Yeri`ot; and these were her sons: Yesher, and Shovav, and Ardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19 - `Azuvah died, and Kalev took to him Efrat, who bore him Hur.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - The sons of Kalev the brother of Yerachme'el were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Zif; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hevron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - `Efah, Kalev's concubine, bore Haran, and Motzah, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Ma`akhah, Kalev's concubine, bore Shever and Tirchanah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49 - She bore also Sha`af the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Makhbena, and the father of Giv'ah; and the daughter of Kalev was `Akhsah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These were the sons of Kalev, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Efratah: Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye`arim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15 - The sons of Kalev the son of Yefunneh: Iru, Elah, and Na`am; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave to Kalev the son of Yefunneh.
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