Strong's Lexicon Kaleb: Caleb Original Word: כָּלֵב Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root כֶּלֶב (keleb), meaning "dog." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Numbers 13:30 (BSB): "Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, 'We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!'" - Numbers 14:24 (BSB): "But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it." - Joshua 14:14 (BSB): "Therefore Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly." 10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for the name Caleb in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a Hebrew proper noun. However, Caleb is mentioned in the Greek Septuagint and the New Testament genealogies, where his name is transliterated into Greek. Usage: Caleb is a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, most notably associated with Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. Cultural and Historical Background: The name is often interpreted to mean "faithful" or "whole-hearted," reflecting Caleb's character and actions in the biblical narrative. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as keleb Definition a son of Jephunneh and sent by Moses to spy out the land NASB Translation Caleb (31), Caleb's (4). Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 (ᵐ5 Ξαλεβ; 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 ᵐ5 ᵑ9, compare KauAT (see אֶפְרָתָה above) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Caleb Perhaps a form of keleb, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible; Caleb, the name of three Israelites -- Caleb. see HEBREW keleb Forms and Transliterations 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 wəḵālêḇLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Numbers 13:6 HEB: לְמַטֵּ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה כָּלֵ֖ב בֶּן־ יְפֻנֶּֽה׃ NAS: of Judah, Caleb the son KJV: of Judah, Caleb the son INT: the tribe of Judah Caleb the son of Jephunneh Numbers 13:30 Numbers 14:6 Numbers 14:24 Numbers 14:30 Numbers 14:38 Numbers 26:65 Numbers 32:12 Numbers 34:19 Deuteronomy 1:36 Joshua 14:6 Joshua 14:13 Joshua 14:14 Joshua 15:13 Joshua 15:14 Joshua 15:16 Joshua 15:17 Joshua 15:18 Joshua 21:12 Judges 1:12 Judges 1:13 Judges 1:14 Judges 1:15 Judges 1:20 Judges 3:9 35 Occurrences |
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