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Lexicon :: Strong's H3612 - kālēḇ

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כָּלֵב
Transliteration
kālēḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-labe'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps a form of כֶּלֶב (H3611), or else from the same root in the sense of forcible
Strong’s Definitions

כָּלֵב Kâlêb, kaw-labe'; perhaps a form of H3611, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible; Caleb, the name of three Israelites:—Caleb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H3612 in the following manner: Caleb (35x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H3612 in the following manner: Caleb (35x).

  1. Caleb = "dog"

    1. the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture

    2. son of Hezron and grandson of Pharez and great grandson of Judah and the father of Hur and grandfather of Caleb the spy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּלֵב Kâlêb, kaw-labe'; perhaps a form of H3611, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible; Caleb, the name of three Israelites:—Caleb.
STRONGS H3612: Abbreviations
† כָּלֵב proper name, masculine (Nabataean proper name כלבא Eut (Nö)p. 55. כלבו VogNab. 6; compare also WeSkizzen u. Vorarbeiten iii. 217; on כָּלֵב = dog-clan, see RSK 17, 190 f., 219, 254); — son of יְפֻנֶּה (Greek Version of the LXX Χαλεβ; compare LagBN 78), called הַקְּנִזִּי (see קְנַז) in J E, Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6, 14, compare Joshua 15:17 = Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9 (where קְנַז is brother of כ׳), also 1 Chronicles 4:15; treated as full Judahite only in P Numbers 13:6 (see GFMJu p. 30 f.) the one of the spies who (with Joshua) reported well of Canaan Numbers 14:6, 24, 30, 38; also Numbers 26:65; Numbers 34:19; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:13; Joshua 15:13, 14, 16, 18; Joshua 21:12 (P = 1 Chronicles 6:41) Judges 1:12, 14, 15, 20 (|| with Joshua 15); = clan of Caleb 1 Samuel 30:14 (distinguished from Judah). Caleb is called בֶּןחֶֿצְרוֺן 1 Chronicles 2:18, compare 1 Chronicles 2:19; 1 Chronicles 2:42; 1 Chronicles 2:46; 1 Chronicles 2:48; 1 Chronicles 2:49; 1 Chronicles 2:50 = כְּלוּבָ֑י 1 Chronicles 2:9; בְּכָלֵב אֶפְרָתָה 1 Chronicles 2:24, read perh בָּא כ׳, so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate, compare KauAT (see H672 אֶפְרָתָה)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

13:6; 14:6; 14:24; 14:30; 14:38; 26:65; 32:12; 34:19

Deuteronomy

1:36

Joshua

14:6; 14:13; 14:14; 15; 15:13; 15:14; 15:16; 15:17; 15:18; 21:12

Judges

1:12; 1:13; 1:14; 1:15; 1:20; 3:9

1 Samuel

30:14

1 Chronicles

2:9; 2:18; 2:19; 2:24; 2:42; 2:46; 2:48; 2:49; 2:50; 4:15; 6:41

H3612

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3612 matches the Hebrew כָּלֵב (kālēḇ),
which occurs 35 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:6 - Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:30 - And Chaleb stayed the people from speaking [fn]before Moses, and said to him, Nay, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it, for we shall surely prevail against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - But Joshua the son of Naue, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, of the number of them that spied out the land, rent their garments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24 - But my servant Chaleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - ye shall not enter into the land for which I stretched out my hand to establish you upon it; except only Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the son of Naue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - And Joshua the son of Naue and Chaleb the son of Jephonne still lived of those men that went to spy out the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the Lord said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness; and there was not left even one of them, except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the son of Naue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19 - And these are the names of the men; of the tribe of Juda, Chaleb the son of Jephonne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, he shall see it; and to him I will give the land on which he went up, and to his sons, because he [fn]attended to the things of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - And the children of Juda came to Joshua in Galgal, and Chaleb the son of Jephone the Kenezite said to him, Thou knowest the word that the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Cades Barne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13 - And Joshua blessed him, and gave Chebron to Chaleb the son of Jephone the son of Kenez for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Therefore Chebron became the inheritance of Chaleb the son of Jephone the Kenezite until this day, because he followed the commandment of the Lord God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - And to Chaleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arboc the metropolis of Enac; this is Chebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - And Chaleb the son of Jephone destroyed thence the three sons of Enac, Susi, and Tholami, and Achima.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Ascha to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - And Gothoniel the son of Chenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and he gave him Ascha his daughter to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - And it came to pass as she went out that she counselled him, saying, I will ask of my father a field; and she cried from off her ass; and Chaleb said to her, [fn]What is it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall smite the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, Thou hast sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, [fn]What is thy request?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray thee, a blessing, for thou hast sent me forth into a south land, and thou shalt give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper springs and the ransom of the low springs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a saviour to Israel, and he saved them, Gothoniel the son of Kenez, the brother of Chaleb younger than himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - And we made an incursion on the south of the Chelethite, and on the parts of Judea, and on the south of Chelub, and we burnt Sekelac with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:18 - And Chaleb the son of Esrom took Gazuba to wife, and Jerioth: and these were her sons; Jasar, and Subab, and Ardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19 - And Gazuba died; and Chaleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Or.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - And the sons of Chaleb the brother of Jerameel were, Marisa his first-born, he is the father of Ziph:—and the sons of Marisa the father of Chebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - And Gæpha the concubine of Chaleb bore Aram, and Mosa, and Gezue.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - And Chaleb's concubine Mocha bore Saber, and Tharam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49 - She bore also Sagae the father of Madmena, and Sau the father of Machabena, and the father of Gæbal: and the daughter of Chaleb was Ascha.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These were the sons of Chaleb: the sons of Or the first-born of Ephratha; Sobal the father of Cariathiarim,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15 - And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - (LXX 6:41) But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
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