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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 Box Exo 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - 'And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:31 - 'And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God are even both of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth -- thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - And the Philistine saith unto David, 'Am I a dog that thou art coming unto me with staves?' and the Philistine revileth David by his gods,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:14 - 'After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? -- after a dead dog! after one flea!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - And it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, 'The head of a dog am I -- that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David -- that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:8 - And he boweth himself, and saith, 'What is thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog -- such as I?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - And Abishai son of Zeruiah saith unto the king, 'Why doth this dead dog revile my lord the king? let me pass over, I pray thee, and I turn aside his head.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - him who dieth of Jeroboam in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens eat, for Jehovah hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - him who dieth of Baasha in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth of his in a field do fowl of the heavens eat.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - 'And also of Jezebel hath Jehovah spoken, saying, The dogs do eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - him who dieth of Ahab in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens eat;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - and one rinseth the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs lick his blood -- when the armour they had washed -- according to the word of Jehovah that He spake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - And Hazael saith, 'But what, is thy servant the dog, that he doth this great thing?' And Elisha saith, 'Jehovah hath shewed me thee -- king of Aram.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying;' and he openeth the door and fleeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - And they turn back, and declare to him, and he saith, 'The word of Jehovah it is, that He spake by the hand of this servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel do the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14 - And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, In the blood of enemies -- the tongue of Thy dogs.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - But to him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it is better than to the dead lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - And the dogs are strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they are shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I have appointed over them four kinds, an affirmation of Jehovah, The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour.
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