כֶּ֫לֶב

ke.lev

Hebrew H3611 Noun, masculine 32 occurrences in 31 verses
כֶּ֫לֶב dog

1. dog

a. dog (literal)

b. contempt or abasement (fig.)

c. of pagan sacrifice

d. of male cult prostitute (fig.)

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Concordance 31 verses

  1. Exodus 11:7 כֶּ֙לֶב֙

    But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

  2. Exodus 22:31 לַכֶּ֖לֶב

    You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.

  3. Deuteronomy 23:18 כֶּ֗לֶב

    You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

  4. Judges 7:5 הַכֶּ֗לֶב

    So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”

  5. 1 Samuel 17:43 הֲכֶ֣לֶב

    “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

  6. 1 Samuel 24:14 כֶּ֣לֶב

    Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

  7. 2 Samuel 3:8 כֶּ֥לֶב

    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

  8. 2 Samuel 9:8 הַכֶּ֥לֶב

    Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

  9. 2 Samuel 16:9 הַכֶּ֤לֶב

    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

  10. 1 Kings 14:11 הַכְּלָבִ֔ים

    Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.

  11. 1 Kings 16:4 הַכְּלָבִ֑ים

    Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

  12. 1 Kings 21:19 הַכְּלָבִים֙הַכְּלָבִ֛ים

    Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

  13. 1 Kings 21:23 הַכְּלָבִ֛ים

    And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

  14. 1 Kings 21:24 הַכְּלָבִ֑ים

    Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

  15. 1 Kings 22:38 הַכְּלָבִים֙

    And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

  16. 2 Kings 8:13 הַכֶּ֔לֶב

    “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

  17. 2 Kings 9:10 הַכְּלָבִ֛ים

    And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.

  18. 2 Kings 9:36 הַכְּלָבִ֖ים

    So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.

  19. Job 30:1 כַּלְבֵ֥י

    “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

  20. Psalms 22:16 כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים

    For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

  21. Psalms 22:20 כֶּ֝֗לֶב

    Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

  22. Psalms 59:6 כַכָּ֗לֶב

    They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

  23. Psalms 59:14 כַכָּ֗לֶב

    They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

  24. Psalms 68:23 כְּלָבֶ֑יךָ

    that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

  25. Proverbs 26:11 כְּ֭כֶלֶב

    As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

  26. Proverbs 26:17 כָ֑לֶב

    Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

  27. Ecclesiastes 9:4 לְכֶ֤לֶב

    There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

  28. Isaiah 56:10 כְּלָבִ֣ים

    Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

  29. Isaiah 56:11 וְהַכְּלָבִ֣ים

    Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

  30. Isaiah 66:3 כֶּ֔לֶב

    Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

  31. Jeremiah 15:3 הַכְּלָבִ֖ים

    I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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