Strong H3614כָּלִבִּי
Calebite
- Transliteration
- kâlibbô kâlêbîy
- Pronunciation
- {kaw-lib-bo'} kaw-lay-bee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
The first form is probably by erroneous transcription for the second form; patronymic from H3612; a Calebite or descendant of Caleb: - of the house of Caleb.
Detailed definition
Someone descended from Caleb who was a man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness and Israel before the Monarchy, first mentioned at Num.13.6;
son of: Jephunneh (H3312);
brother of: Kenaz (H7073I);
father of: Achsah (H5915), Iru (H5900), Elah (H425J), Naam (H5277)
Group of ka.lev (כָּלֵב "Caleb" H3612)
son of: Jephunneh (H3312);
brother of: Kenaz (H7073I);
father of: Achsah (H5915), Iru (H5900), Elah (H425J), Naam (H5277)
Group of ka.lev (כָּלֵב "Caleb" H3612)
In the biblical story
Caleb
Faithful spy, given Hebron as inheritance
Caleb, one of the twelve spies, remained faithful to God and was granted Hebron as his inheritance.
In the Bible
Strong H3614 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- house1
First verses
- 1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.