Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3611
כֶּלֶב
kelebkeh'-leb
dog
32 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3611is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 26spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3611
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
The King James renders it: dog.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
keleb is rendered "dog". It stands 32 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Seven of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 11:7But 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.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.
The first use
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.
Exodus 11:7כֶּ֙לֶב֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the dogs10
- a dog7
- the dog4
- dogs2
- like the dog2
- ¿ a dog1
- and the dogs1
- dogs of1
- dogs your1
- like a dog1
- to a dog1
- to the dog1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 32, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
26 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַכְּלָבִ֛ים3
- הַכְּלָבִ֑ים2
- הַכְּלָבִים֙2
- הַכְּלָבִ֖ים2
- כַכָּ֗לֶב2
- הֲכֶ֣לֶב1
- הַכֶּ֗לֶב1
- הַכֶּ֥לֶב1
- הַכֶּ֤לֶב1
- הַכֶּ֔לֶב1
- הַכְּלָבִ֔ים1
- וְהַכְּלָבִ֣ים1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural10HTd/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Td/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- question particle + noun · masculine singular1HTi/Ncmsa
Exodus
two uses
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.
- כֶּ֙לֶב֙kelevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dog
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.
- לַכֶּ֖לֶבlakelevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the dog
Deuteronomy
one use
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.
- כֶּ֗לֶבkelevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dog
Judges
one use
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.”
- הַכֶּ֗לֶבhakelevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dog
1 Samuel
two uses
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- הֲכֶ֣לֶבhakhelevquestion particle + noun · masculine singulartagged: ¿ a dog
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- כֶּ֣לֶבkelevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dog
2 Samuel
three uses
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!
- כֶּ֥לֶבkelevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dog
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
- הַכֶּ֥לֶבhakelevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dog
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!”
- הַכֶּ֤לֶבhakelevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dog
1 Kings
seven uses
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.
- הַכְּלָבִ֔יםhakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
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.”
- הַכְּלָבִ֑יםhakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
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!’”
- הַכְּלָבִים֙hakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
- הַכְּלָבִ֛יםhakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
- הַכְּלָבִ֛יםhakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
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.”
- הַכְּלָבִ֑יםhakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
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.
- הַכְּלָבִים֙hakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
2 Kings
three uses
“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.”
- הַכֶּ֔לֶבhakelevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dog
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.
- הַכְּלָבִ֛יםhakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
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.
- הַכְּלָבִ֖יםhakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
Job
one use
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
- כַּלְבֵ֥יkalveinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dogs of
Psalms
five uses
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- כְּלָ֫בִ֥יםkelavimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: dogs
Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
- כֶּ֝֗לֶבkelevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dog
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- כַכָּ֗לֶבkhakalevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dog
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- כַכָּ֗לֶבkhakalevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the dog
that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
- כְּלָבֶ֑יךָkelaveikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: dogs your
Proverbs
two uses
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- כְּ֭כֶלֶבkekhelevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a dog
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- כָ֑לֶבkhalevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dog
Ecclesiastes
one use
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
- לְכֶ֤לֶבlekhelevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to a dog
Isaiah
three uses
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.
- כְּלָבִ֣יםkelavimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: dogs
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:
- וְהַכְּלָבִ֣יםvehakelavimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the dogs
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.
- כֶּ֔לֶבkelevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dog
Jeremiah
one use
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.
- הַכְּלָבִ֖יםhakelavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the dogs
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
