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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #3612 - כָּלֵב

Transliteration

Kâlêb

Phonetics

kaw-labe'

Origin

perhaps a form of (H3611), or else from the same root in the sense of forcible

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

BSB (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

CSB (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

ESV (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

KJV (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

LEB (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

LSB (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

N95 (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

NAS (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (35)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 9

Judges 6

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 9

ASV (35)

and caleb 12

and unto caleb 1

caleb 4

caleb's 4

of caleb 7

of them, save caleb 1

save caleb 1

therein, save caleb 1

they to caleb 1

to caleb 1

unto caleb 2

BSB (35)

and caleb 6

caleb 14

caleb''s 5

of caleb 4

of caleb''s 1

so caleb 1

then caleb 1

to caleb 3

CSB (35)

caleb 28

caleb's 7

ESV (35)

caleb 31

caleb's 4

KJV (35)

caleb 31

caleb's 4

LEB (35)

and caleb 9

caleb 17

caleb's 1

of caleb 3

to caleb 5

LSB (35)

caleb 31

caleb's 4

N95 (35)

caleb 31

caleb's 4

NAS (35)

caleb 31

caleb's 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (35)

and caleb 5

caleb 10

except caleb 1

of caleb 7

then caleb 1

to caleb 5

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כָּלֵב proper name, masculine (Nabataean proper name כלבא Eut (Nö)^{p. 55}. כלבו Vog^{Nab. 6}; compare also We^{Skizzen u. Vorarbeiten iii. 217}; on כָּלֵב = dog-clan, see RS^{K 17,190f., 219,254}); — son of יְפֻנֶּה (ᵐ5 Ξαλεβ; compare Lag^{BN 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 GFM^{Ju p. 30f.}) 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; בְּכָלֵבאֶפְרָתָה 1 Chronicles 2:24, read perh ׳בָּא כ, so ᵐ5ᵑ9, compare Kau^AT (see אֶפְרָתָה above)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כָּלֵב ([“perhaps ‘dog,’ i.e. כֶּלֶב”], i.q. كَلِبُ “rabid”?), Caleb, pr.n. borne by

(1) the companion of Joshua, the son of Jephunneh, Numbers 13:6, 14:6, seq.; Joshua 15:14. Patron. כָּלִבִּי 1 Samuel 25:3.

(2) 1 Chronicles 2:18, 19 1 Chronicles 2:19, for which there is כְּלוּבַי ver. 1 Chronicles 2:9.

(3) 1 Chronicles 2:50.

[“כָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָה [Caleb-ephratah], pr.n. of a place elsewhere unknown, 1 Chronicles 2:24.”]

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List of Word Forms

וְכָלֵ֖ב וְכָלֵ֣ב וְכָלֵב֙ וּלְכָלֵ֣ב וכלב ולכלב כָּלֵ֑ב כָּלֵ֔ב כָּלֵ֖ב כָּלֵ֗ב כָּלֵ֛ב כָּלֵ֣ב כָּלֵ֤ב כָּלֵ֥ב כָּלֵב֙ כָלֵ֑ב כָלֵ֔ב כָלֵ֖ב כָלֵ֗ב כָלֵב֙ כלב לְכָלֵ֥ב לְכָלֵ֨ב לְכָלֵב֙ לכלב chaLev kā·lêḇ ḵā·lêḇ kālêḇ ḵālêḇ kaLev lə·ḵā·lêḇ lechaLev ləḵālêḇ ū·lə·ḵā·lêḇ ulechaLev ūləḵālêḇ vechaLev wə·ḵā·lêḇ wəḵālêḇ