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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 - apud omnes autem filios Israhel non muttiet canis ab homine usque ad pecus ut sciatis quanto miraculo dividat Dominus Aegyptios et Israhel

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31 - viri sancti eritis mihi carnem quae a bestiis fuerit praegustata non comedetis sed proicietis canibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - non offeres mercedem prostibuli nec pretium canis in domum Domini Dei tui quicquid illud est quod voverint quia abominatio est utrumque apud Dominum Deum tuum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - cumque descendisset populus ad aquas dixit Dominus ad Gedeon qui lingua lambuerint aquas sicut solent canes lambere separabis eos seorsum qui autem curvatis genibus biberint in altera parte erunt

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - et dixit Philistheus ad David numquid ego canis sum quod tu venis ad me cum baculo et maledixit Philistheus David in diis suis

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14 - [Vulgate 24:15] quem sequeris rex Israhel quem persequeris canem mortuum sequeris et pulicem unum

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - quare ingressus es ad concubinam patris mei qui iratus nimis propter verba Hisboseth ait numquid caput canis ego sum adversum Iuda hodie qui fecerim misericordiam super domum Saul patris tui et super fratres et proximos eius et non tradidi te in manu David et tu requisisti in me quod argueres pro muliere hodie

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - qui adorans eum dixit quis ego sum servus tuus quoniam respexisti super canem mortuum similem mei

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - dixit autem Abisai filius Sarviae regi quare maledicit canis hic moriturus domino meo regi vadam et amputabo caput eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - qui mortui fuerint de Hieroboam in civitate comedent eos canes qui autem mortui fuerint in agro vorabunt eos aves caeli quia Dominus locutus est

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - qui mortuus fuerit de Baasa in civitate comedent eum canes et qui mortuus fuerit ex eo in regione comedent eum volucres caeli

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - et loqueris ad eum dicens haec dicit Dominus occidisti insuper et possedisti et post haec addes haec dicit Dominus in loco hoc in quo linxerunt canes sanguinem Naboth lambent tuum quoque sanguinem

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - sed et de Hiezabel locutus est Dominus dicens canes comedent Hiezabel in agro Hiezrahel

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - si mortuus fuerit Ahab in civitate comedent eum canes si autem mortuus fuerit in agro comedent eum volucres caeli

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - et laverunt currum in piscina Samariae et linxerunt canes sanguinem eius et habenas laverunt iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - dixitque Azahel quid enim sum servus tuus canis ut faciam rem istam magnam et ait Heliseus ostendit mihi Dominus te regem Syriae fore

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - Hiezabel quoque comedent canes in agro Hiezrahel nec erit qui sepeliat eam aperuitque ostium et fugit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - reversique nuntiaverunt ei et ait Hieu sermo Domini est quem locutus est per servum suum Heliam Thesbiten dicens in agro Hiezrahel comedent canes carnes Hiezabel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - nunc autem derident me iuniores tempore quorum non dignabar patres ponere cum canibus gregis mei

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - [Vulgate 21:17] circumdederunt me venatores concilium pessimorum vallavit me vinxerunt manus meas et pedes meos

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - [Vulgate 21:21] erue a gladio animam meam de manu canis solitariam meam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - [Vulgate 58:7] revertantur ad vesperam et latrent ut canis et circumeant civitatem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14 - [Vulgate 58:15] et convertantur ad vesperam et latrent ut canis et circumeant civitatem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - [Vulgate 67:24] ut calcet pes tuus in sanguine lingua canum tuorum ex inimicis a temet ipso

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - sicut canis qui revertitur ad vomitum suum sic inprudens qui iterat stultitiam suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - sicut qui adprehendit auribus canem sic qui transit et inpatiens commiscetur rixae alterius

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - nemo est qui semper vivat et qui huius rei habeat fiduciam melior est canis vivens leone mortuo

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - speculatores eius caeci omnes nescierunt universi canes muti non valentes latrare videntes vana dormientes et amantes somnia

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - et canes inpudentissimi nescierunt saturitatem ipsi pastores ignoraverunt intellegentiam omnes in viam suam declinaverunt unusquisque ad avaritiam suam a summo usque ad novissimum

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - qui immolat bovem quasi qui interficiat virum qui mactat pecus quasi qui excerebret canem qui offert oblationem quasi qui sanguinem suillum offerat qui recordatur turis quasi qui benedicat idolo haec omnia elegerunt in viis suis et in abominationibus suis anima eorum delectata est

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - et visitabo super eos quattuor species dicit Dominus gladium ad occisionem et canes ad lacerandum et volatilia caeli et bestias terrae ad devorandum et dissipandum
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