כָּלֵב

ka.lev

Hebrew H3612 Personal name, masculine 35 occurrences in 35 verses

כָּלֵב Caleb

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness and Israel before the Monarchy, first mentioned at Num.13.6;

son of: Jephunneh (H3312);

brother of: Kenaz (H7073I);

father of: Achsah (H5915), Iru (H5900), Elah (H0425J), Naam (H5277)

Also named: ka.lib.bo (כָּלִבִּי "Calebite" H3614)

§ Caleb = "dog"

1. the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably 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

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Concordance 35 verses

Numbers 13:6 כָּלֵ֖ב

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
Numbers 13:30 כָּלֵ֛ב

Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
Numbers 14:6 וְכָלֵב֙

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
Numbers 14:24 כָלֵ֗ב

But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
Numbers 14:30 כָּלֵ֣ב

Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Numbers 14:38 וְכָלֵ֖ב

Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
Numbers 26:65 כָּלֵ֣ב

For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Numbers 32:12 כָּלֵ֤ב

not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
Numbers 34:19 כָּלֵ֖ב

These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
Deuteronomy 1:36 כָּלֵ֤ב

except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
Joshua 14:6 כָּלֵ֥ב

Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
Joshua 14:13 לְכָלֵ֥ב

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
Joshua 14:14 לְכָלֵ֨ב

Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Joshua 15:13 וּלְכָלֵ֣ב

According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
Joshua 15:14 כָּלֵ֔ב

And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Joshua 15:16 כָּלֵ֔ב

And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
Joshua 15:17 כָלֵ֑ב

So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Joshua 15:18 כָּלֵ֖ב

One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
Joshua 21:12 לְכָלֵ֥ב

But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
Judges 1:12 כָּלֵ֔ב

And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
Judges 1:13 כָלֵ֖ב

So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Judges 1:14 כָּלֵ֖ב

One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
Judges 1:15 כָּלֵ֗ב

“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Judges 1:20 לְכָלֵב֙

Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
Judges 3:9 כָלֵ֖ב

But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
1 Samuel 30:14 כָּלֵ֑ב

We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
1 Chronicles 2:18 וְכָלֵ֣ב

Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
1 Chronicles 2:19 כָלֵב֙

When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.
1 Chronicles 2:42 כָלֵב֙

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.
1 Chronicles 2:46 כָּלֵ֔ב

Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
1 Chronicles 2:48 כָּלֵב֙

Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.
1 Chronicles 2:49 כָּלֵ֖ב

She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.
1 Chronicles 2:50 כָלֵ֔ב

These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
1 Chronicles 4:15 כָּלֵ֣ב

The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
1 Chronicles 6:56 לְכָלֵ֥ב

But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.