Lexicon :: Strong's H3611 - keleḇ

“But against all the Israelites, whether people or animals, not even a dog will snarl,[fn] so that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

“Be my holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; throw it to the dogs.

“Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s[fn] earnings into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

So he brought the troops down to the water, and the LORD said to Gideon, “Separate everyone who laps water with his tongue like a dog. Do the same with everyone who kneels to drink.”

He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks? ”[fn] Then he cursed David by his gods.

“Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A single flea?

Abner was very angry about Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I a dog’s head[fn] who belongs to Judah? ” he asked. “All this time I’ve been loyal to the family of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends and haven’t betrayed you to David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

Mephibosheth paid homage and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me? ”

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and remove his head! ”

“Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city,

the dogs will eat,

and anyone who dies in the field,

the birds[fn] will eat,

for the LORD has spoken! ’

“Anyone who belongs to Baasha and dies in the city,

the dogs will eat,

and anyone who is his and dies in the field,

the birds[fn] will eat.”

“Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Have you murdered and also taken possession? ’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood! ’ ”

“The LORD also speaks of Jezebel: ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land[fn] at Jezreel:

Then someone washed the chariot at the pool of Samaria. The dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes bathed in it, according to the word of the LORD that he had spoken.

Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog, do such a mighty deed? ”

Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

“The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land at Jezreel ​— ​no one will bury her.’ ” Then the young prophet opened the door and escaped.

So they went back and told him, and he said, “This fulfills the LORD’s word that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, the dogs will eat Jezebel’s flesh.

But now they mock me,

men younger than I am,

whose fathers I would have refused to put

with my sheep dogs.

For dogs have surrounded me;

a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;

they pierced[fn] my hands and my feet.

Rescue my life from the sword,

my only life[fn] from the power of these dogs.

They return at evening, snarling like dogs

and prowling around the city.

And they return at evening, snarling like dogs

and prowling around the city.

“so that your foot may wade[fn] in blood

and your dogs’ tongues may have their share

from the enemies.”

As a dog returns to its vomit,

so also a fool repeats his foolishness.

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his

is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

But there is hope for whoever is joined[fn] with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Israel’s[fn] watchmen are blind, all of them,

they know nothing;

all of them are mute dogs,

they cannot bark;

they dream, lie down,

and love to sleep.

One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person;

one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck;

one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood;

one person offers incense, another praises an idol —

all these have chosen their ways

and delight in their abhorrent practices.

“I will ordain four kinds[fn] of judgment for them” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land to devour and destroy.