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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 Box Exo 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31 - “You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute[fn] into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14 - “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head—on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country. The LORD has spoken!’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - Dogs will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and birds will feed on those who die in the country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - “And also concerning Jezebel the LORD says: ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of[fn] Jezreel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - “Dogs will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - They washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria (where the prostitutes bathed),[fn] and the dogs licked up his blood, as the word of the LORD had declared.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat?” “The LORD has shown me that you will become king of Aram,” answered Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’ ” Then he opened the door and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the LORD that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - “But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce[fn] my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14 - They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - Anyone who is among the living has hope[fn]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, they seek their own gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - “I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” declares the LORD, “the sword to kill and the dogs to drag away and the birds and the wild animals to devour and destroy.
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