King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H3612 - Caleb

Strong's No.:	H3612

Hebrew:	כָּלֵב

Transliteration:	Kâlêb

Phonetic:	kaw-labe'

Word Origin:	Perhaps a form of {H3611 } or else from the same root in the sense of forcible

Bible Usage:	Caleb.

Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine

Strongs Definition:	{Caleb} the name of three Israelites

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	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

Bible References: Caleb	Num 13:6 Num 13:30 Num 14:6 Num 14:24 Num 14:30 Num 14:38 Num 26:65 Num 32:12 Num 34:19 Deut 1:36 Josh 14:6 Josh 14:13 Josh 14:14 Josh 15:13 Josh 15:14 Josh 15:16 Josh 15:17 Josh 15:18 Josh 21:12 Judg 1:12 Judg 1:13 Judg 1:14 Judg 1:15 Judg 1:20 Judg 3:9 1 Sam 25:3 1 Sam 30:14 1 Chr 2:18 1 Chr 2:19 1 Chr 2:42 1 Chr 2:46 1 Chr 2:48 1 Chr 2:49 1 Chr 2:50 1 Chr 4:15 1 Chr 6:56

Translation Occurrences:	Caleb ( 36 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.