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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 Box Num 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:6 - from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:30 - Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying, "Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24 - Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully - I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to investigate the land, lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, "They will surely die in the wilderness." And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the LORD wholeheartedly.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:19 - These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the LORD said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13 - Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the LORD's instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - Caleb drove out from there three Anakites - Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - Caleb said, "To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - One time Acsah came and charmed her father so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What would you like?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - (Now the city's fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - Caleb said, "To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - One time Acsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What would you like?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - She answered, "Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We conducted a raid on the Negev of the Kerethites, on the area of Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb. We burned Ziklag."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:18 - Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19 - When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother: His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - Caleb's concubine Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Caleb's concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49 - She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:15 - The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - (But the city's land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)
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