H3612Hebrewkālēḇ

כָּלֵב

Caleb.

35
Total Occurrences
6
Books
35
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1the godly son of jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the promised land favorably and urged its capture
  • 2son of hezron and grandson of pharez and great grandson of judah and the father of hur and grandfather of caleb the spy

Etymology & Derivation

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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Kâlêb; Pronunciation: kaw-labe'