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Lexicon :: Strong's H3611 - keleḇ

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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
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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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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But among all the children of Israel shall not a dog snarl with his tongue, either at man or beast; that thou mayest know how wide a distinction the Lord will make between the Egyptians and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31 - (LXX 22:30) And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - (LXX 23:19) Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, nor the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God, for any vow; because even both are an abomination to the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, thou shalt set him apart, and also whosoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? [fn][and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog.] And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14 - (LXX 24:15) And now after whom dost thou come forth, O king of Israel? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - And Abenner was very angry with Jebosthe for this saying; and Abenner said to him, Am I a dog's head? I have this day wrought kindness with the house of Saul thy father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and dost thou this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - And Memphibosthe did obeisance, and said, Who am I thy servant, that thou hast looked upon a dead dog like me?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - And Abessa the son of Saruia said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over now and take off his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - Him that [fn]dies of Baasa in the city the dogs shall devour, and him that dies of his in the field the birds of the sky shall devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - (LXX 20:19) And thou shalt speak to him, saying, [fn]Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast slain and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and the dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthai, there shall the dogs lick thy blood; and the harlots shall wash themselves in thy blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - (LXX 20:23) And the Lord spoke [fn]of Jezabel, saying, The dogs shall devour her [fn]within the fortification of Jezrael.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - (LXX 20:24) Him that is dead of Achaab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that is dead of him in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - And Azael said, Who is thy servant? a dead dog, that he [fn]should do this thing? And Elisaie said, The Lord has shewn me thee ruling over Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the portion of Jezreel, and [fn]there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - And they returned and told him. And he said, It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Eliu the Thesbite, saying, In the portion of Jezrael shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezabel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in their turn, whose fathers I set at nought; whom I did not deem worthy to be with my shepherd dogs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - (LXX 21:17) For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - (LXX 21:21) Deliver my soul from the sword; my only-begotten one from the power of the dog.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - (LXX 58:7) They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14 - (LXX 58:15) They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - (LXX 67:24) That thy foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of thy dogs be stained with that of thine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope of him: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - See how they are all blinded: they have not known; they are dumb dogs that will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - Yea, they are insatiable dogs, that know not what it is to be filled, and they are wicked, having no understanding: all have followed their own ways, each according to his own will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as one that offers swine's blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I will punish them with four kinds of death, saith the Lord, the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy.
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