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Strong H36122 sensesכָּלֵב

Caleb

Transliteration
kâlêb
Pronunciation
kaw-labe'

Meaning of the name

Caleb = "dog"

The 2 senses of Strong H3612

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3612 appears in 35 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Faithful spy, given Hebron as inheritanceH3612G28 verses · 6 books
  2. Son of Hezron, descendant of JudahH3612H7 verses · 1 Chronicles

General definition

Perhaps a form of {H3611 } or else from the same root in the sense of forcible;
{Caleb} the name of three Israelites: - Caleb.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • caleb28
  • s4
  • save3

First verses

  1. Numbers 13:6
    Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
  2. Numbers 13:30
    And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
  3. Numbers 14:6
    And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
  4. Numbers 14:24
    But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
  5. Numbers 14:30
    Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  6. Numbers 14:38
    But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
  7. Numbers 26:65
    For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  8. Numbers 32:12
    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.
  9. Numbers 34:19
    And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
  10. Deuteronomy 1:36
    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
  11. Joshua 14:6
    Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.
  12. Joshua 14:13
    And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
  13. Joshua 14:14
    Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
  14. Joshua 15:13
    And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
  15. Joshua 15:14
    And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  16. Joshua 15:16
    And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
  17. Joshua 15:17
    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
  18. Joshua 15:18
    And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
  19. Joshua 21:12
    But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
  20. Judges 1:12
    And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.