Strong H3612H3612Hכָּלֵב
Caleb
One of the 2 senses of Strong H3612
- Transliteration
- kâlêb
- Pronunciation
- kaw-labe'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.9;
son of: Hezron (H2696H);
brother of: Ram (H7410), Jerahmeel (H3396), Segub (H7687H) and Ashhur (H806); married to Azubah (H5806H), Jerioth (H3408), Ephrathah (H672), Ephah (H5891H) and Maacah (H4601L);
father of: Hur (H2354), Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Ardon (H715), Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337), Haran (H2771B), Moza (H4162), Gazez (H1495), Jahdai (H3056), Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647), Shaaph (H8174H), Sheva (H7724) and Achsah (H5915H); also called Carmi (NIV: Karmi) at 1Ch.4.1(?); Chelubai at 1Ch.2.9;
son of: Hezron (H2696H);
brother of: Ram (H7410), Jerahmeel (H3396), Segub (H7687H) and Ashhur (H806); married to Azubah (H5806H), Jerioth (H3408), Ephrathah (H672), Ephah (H5891H) and Maacah (H4601L);
father of: Hur (H2354), Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Ardon (H715), Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337), Haran (H2771B), Moza (H4162), Gazez (H1495), Jahdai (H3056), Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647), Shaaph (H8174H), Sheva (H7724) and Achsah (H5915H); also called Carmi (NIV: Karmi) at 1Ch.4.1(?); Chelubai at 1Ch.2.9;
Meaning of the name
Caleb = "dog"
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.
{Caleb} the name of three Israelites: - Caleb.
In the biblical story
Caleb
Son of Hezron, descendant of Judah
Caleb (Chelubai), the son of Hezron, was a descendant of Judah and the father of Hur.
In the Bible
Strong H3612H appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- caleb5
- s2
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
- 1 Chronicles 2:19And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:42Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
- 1 Chronicles 2:46And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
- 1 Chronicles 2:48Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:49She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim,