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hebrew #3611 - כֶּלֶב keleb (a dog)


Original Word:כֶּלֶב
Transliteration: keleb
Definition:a dog
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(keh'-leb)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dog

From an unused root means. To yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute -- dog.


Englishman's Concordance

1) dog
1a) dog (literal)
1b) contempt or abasement (figuratively)
1c) of pagan sacrifice
1d) of male cult prostitute (figuratively)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack
Same Word by TWOT Number: 981a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כֶּ֫לֶבnoun masculine1Sam 24:15dog (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כלב; Aramaic כַּלְבָּא, , Arabic ; Ethiopic Assyrian kalbu DlHWB 328) — absolute ׳כJudges 7:5 16t., כָּ֑לֶבPsalm 59:7; Psalm 59:15; plural כְּלָבִים1 Kings 14:11 12t.; construct כַּלְבֵיJob 30:1; suffix כְּלָבֶיךָPsalm 68:24; — dog:

a. literal 1 Kings 14:11; 1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 21:19 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 21:23,24; 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 9:10,36 (all of fierce, hungry dogs, devouring dead bodies and licking blood); compare Jeremiah 15:3 and (לְשׁוֺן כְּלָבֶיךָ) Psalm 68:24; eating torn flesh, Exodus 22:30 (E), כַּלְבֵי צאֹנִי=my sheep-dogs, only Job 30:1 (in both these with implied inferiority); dog-sacrifice was a heathen rite Isaiah 66:3 (Di and others); see especially RSSemitic i, 273 (291), 325 (343); invarious simile Judges 7:5; Proverbs 26:11,17; Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:15; in proverbial sayings: לֹאלִשֹׁנוֺ׳יֶחֱרַץכֿExodus 11:7 (see I. חרץ); מֵת טוֺב מִןֿ׳לְכהָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּתEcclesiastes 9:4.

b. applied, figurative, to men, in contempt 1 Samuel 17:43, so of psalmist's enemies Psalm 22:17; Psalm 22:21, or in excessive humility 2 Kings 8:13; still more emphatically מֵת׳כa dead dog, הַמֵּת׳הַכּ2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:9; also ׳ראֹשׁ כ2 Samuel 3:8; כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִיםIsaiah 56:10 (of misleading prophets), עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁ׳הַכּIsaiah 56:11 (id.); ׳כ was name given to male temple-prostitutes Deuteronomy 23:19 (see Dr; compare קָדֵשׁ).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3611. כָּ֫לֶב (keleb) — 32 Occurrences

Exodus 11:7
HEB:לֹ֤א יֶֽחֱרַץ־ כֶּ֙לֶב֙ לְשֹׁנ֔וֹ לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ
NAS: of Israel a dog will not [even] bark,
KJV: of Israel shall not a dog move
INT: not move A dog his tongue man

Exodus 22:31
HEB:לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֔לוּ לַכֶּ֖לֶב תַּשְׁלִכ֥וּן אֹתֽוֹ׃
NAS: you shall throw it to the dogs.
KJV: ye shall cast it to the dogs.
INT: shall not eat to the dogs shall throw

Deuteronomy 23:18
HEB:זוֹנָ֜ה וּמְחִ֣יר כֶּ֗לֶב בֵּ֛ית יְהוָ֥ה
NAS: or the wages of a dog into the house
KJV: or the price of a dog, into the house
INT: of a harlot the wages of a dog the house of the LORD

Judges 7:5
HEB:כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר יָלֹ֣ק הַכֶּ֗לֶב תַּצִּ֤יג אוֹתוֹ֙
NAS: with his tongue as a dog laps,
KJV: with his tongue, as a dog lappeth,
INT: who laps A dog set shall separate

1 Samuel 17:43
HEB:אֶל־ דָּוִ֔ד הֲכֶ֣לֶב אָנֹ֔כִי כִּֽי־
NAS: to David, Am I a dog, that you come
KJV: unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest
INT: to David A dog I for

1 Samuel 24:14
HEB:רֹדֵ֑ף אַֽחֲרֵי֙ כֶּ֣לֶב מֵ֔ת אַחֲרֵ֖י
NAS: A dead dog, a single
KJV: after a dead dog, after a
INT: pursue After dog A dead After

2 Samuel 3:8
HEB:וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הֲרֹ֨אשׁ כֶּ֥לֶב אָנֹ֘כִי֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: and said, Am I a dog's head
KJV: and said, [Am] I a dog's head,
INT: and said head A dog's I which

2 Samuel 9:8
HEB:פָנִ֔יתָ אֶל־ הַכֶּ֥לֶב הַמֵּ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: a dead dog like
KJV: upon such a dead dog as I [am]?
INT: regard about dog A dead after

2 Samuel 16:9
HEB:לָ֣מָּה יְקַלֵּ֞ל הַכֶּ֤לֶב הַמֵּת֙ הַזֶּ֔ה
NAS: should this dead dog curse my lord
KJV: Why should this dead dog curse
INT: Why curse dog dead this

1 Kings 14:11
HEB:בָּעִיר֙ יֹאכְל֣וּ הַכְּלָבִ֔ים וְהַמֵּת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה
NAS: in the city the dogs will eat.
KJV: in the city shall the dogs eat;
INT: the city will eat the dogs dies the field

1 Kings 16:4
HEB:בָּעִ֔יר יֹֽאכְל֖וּ הַכְּלָבִ֑ים וְהַמֵּ֥ת לוֹ֙
NAS: in the city the dogs will eat,
KJV: in the city shall the dogs eat;
INT: the city will eat the dogs dies the field

1 Kings 21:19
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֨ר לָקְק֤וּ הַכְּלָבִים֙ אֶת־ דַּ֣ם
NAS: where the dogs licked
KJV: In the place where dogs licked
INT: where licked the dogs the blood of Naboth

1 Kings 21:19
HEB:נָב֔וֹת יָלֹ֧קּוּ הַכְּלָבִ֛ים אֶת־ דָּמְךָ֖
NAS: of Naboth the dogs will lick
KJV: of Naboth shall dogs lick
INT: of Naboth will lick the dogs your blood even

1 Kings 21:23
HEB:יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הַכְּלָבִ֛ים יֹאכְל֥וּ אֶת־
NAS: saying, The dogs will eat
KJV: saying, The dogs shall eat
INT: has the LORD saying the dogs will eat Jezebel

1 Kings 21:24
HEB:בָּעִ֔יר יֹאכְל֖וּ הַכְּלָבִ֑ים וְהַמֵּת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה
NAS: in the city, the dogs will eat,
KJV: in the city the dogs shall eat;
INT: the city will eat the dogs dies the field

1 Kings 22:38
HEB:שֹׁמְר֗וֹן וַיָּלֹ֤קּוּ הַכְּלָבִים֙ אֶת־ דָּמ֔וֹ
NAS: of Samaria, and the dogs licked
KJV: of Samaria; and the dogs licked up
INT: of Samaria licked and the dogs his blood his armour

2 Kings 8:13
HEB:מָ֤ה עַבְדְּךָ֙ הַכֶּ֔לֶב כִּ֣י יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה
NAS: is your servant, [who is but] a dog, that he should do
KJV: But what, [is] thy servant a dog, that he should do
INT: what is your servant a dog should do

2 Kings 9:10
HEB:אִיזֶ֜בֶל יֹאכְל֧וּ הַכְּלָבִ֛ים בְּחֵ֥לֶק יִזְרְעֶ֖אל
NAS:The dogs shall eat Jezebel
KJV:And the dogs shall eat Jezebel
INT: Jezebel shall eat the dogs the territory of Jezreel

2 Kings 9:36
HEB:יִזְרְעֶ֔אל יֹאכְל֥וּ הַכְּלָבִ֖ים אֶת־ בְּשַׂ֥ר
NAS: of Jezreel the dogs shall eat
KJV: of Jezreel shall dogs eat
INT: of Jezreel shall eat the dogs the flesh of Jezebel

Job 30:1
HEB:לָ֝שִׁ֗ית עִם־ כַּלְבֵ֥י צֹאנִֽי׃
NAS: to put with the dogs of my flock.
KJV: to have set with the dogs of my flock.
INT: to put with the dogs of my flock

Psalm 22:16
HEB:כִּ֥י סְבָב֗וּנִי כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים עֲדַ֣ת מְ֭רֵעִים
NAS:For dogs have surrounded me; A band
KJV:For dogs have compassed
INT: for have surrounded dogs A band of evildoers

Psalm 22:20
HEB:נַפְשִׁ֑י מִיַּד־ כֶּ֝֗לֶב יְחִידָתִֽי׃
NAS: [life] from the power of the dog.
KJV: my darling from the power of the dog.
INT: my soul the power of the dog my only

Psalm 59:6
HEB:לָ֭עֶרֶב יֶהֱמ֥וּ כַכָּ֗לֶב וִיס֥וֹבְבוּ עִֽיר׃
NAS: they howl like a dog, And go around
KJV: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about
INT: evening howl A dog and go the city

Psalm 59:14
HEB:לָ֭עֶרֶב יֶהֱמ֥וּ כַכָּ֗לֶב וִיס֥וֹבְבוּ עִֽיר׃
NAS: they howl like a dog, And go around
KJV: [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about
INT: evening howl A dog and go the city

Psalm 68:23
HEB:בְּ֫דָ֥ם לְשׁ֥וֹן כְּלָבֶ֑יךָ מֵאֹיְבִ֥ים מִנֵּֽהוּ׃
NAS: The tongue of your dogs [may have] its portion
KJV: [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
INT: blood the tongue of your dogs of enemies They

Proverbs 26:11
HEB: כְּ֭כֶלֶב שָׁ֣ב עַל־
NAS:Like a dog that returns to its vomit
KJV:As a dog returneth to his vomit,
INT:A dog returns unto

Proverbs 26:17
HEB:מַחֲזִ֥יק בְּאָזְנֵי־ כָ֑לֶב עֹבֵ֥ר מִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗ר
NAS: [Like] one who takes a dog by the ears
KJV: [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
INT: takes the ears A dog passes by meddles

Ecclesiastes 9:4
HEB:בִּטָּח֑וֹן כִּֽי־ לְכֶ֤לֶב חַי֙ ה֣וּא
NAS: surely a live dog is better than
KJV: for a living dog is better
INT: is hope surely dog A live he

Isaiah 56:10
HEB:יָדָ֔עוּ כֻּלָּם֙ כְּלָבִ֣ים אִלְּמִ֔ים לֹ֥א
NAS: of them are mute dogs unable
KJV: they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot
INT: know All dogs are mute nothing

Isaiah 56:11
HEB: וְהַכְּלָבִ֣ים עַזֵּי־ נֶ֗פֶשׁ
NAS:And the dogs are greedy,
KJV: Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can
INT:and the dogs fierce any

Isaiah 66:3
HEB:הַשֶּׂה֙ עֹ֣רֵֽף כֶּ֔לֶב מַעֲלֵ֤ה מִנְחָה֙
NAS: is [like] the one who breaks a dog's neck;
KJV: [as if] he cut off a dog's neck;
INT: A lamb breaks A dog's offers offering

Jeremiah 15:3
HEB:לַֽהֲרֹ֔ג וְאֶת־ הַכְּלָבִ֖ים לִסְחֹ֑ב וְאֶת־
NAS: to slay, the dogs to drag
KJV: to slay, and the dogs to tear,
INT: the sword to slay the dogs to drag and the birds

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