כָּלֵב

Strong’s Definition

Caleb, the name of three Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

perhaps a form of H3611 (כֶּלֶב), or else from the same root in the sense of forcible;

KJV Usage

Caleb.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the godly son of jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the promised land favorably 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Kâlêb; Pronunciation: kaw-labe'