Strongs Number: H3612
- Hebrew Word
- כָּלֵב
- Transliteration
- Kâlêb
- Phonetic
- kaw-labe'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
{Caleb} the name of three Israelites
- BDB 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
- Origin
- Perhaps a form of {H3611 } or else from the same root in the sense of forcible
- Bible Usage
- Caleb.