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'