כָּלֵב

Numbers 13:6 כָּלֵ֖ב Caleb

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

Numbers 13:30 כָּלֵ֛ב Caleb

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!”

Here: Caleb son of Jephunneh, the scout chosen from the tribe of Judah (13:6). He speaks alone here; Joshua joins him in the next chapter (14:6).

Numbers 14:6 וְכָלֵב֙ and Caleb

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

Here: Caleb is the scout from Judah (Num 13:6). Elsewhere he is called a Kenizzite (Num 32:12), meaning his clan was absorbed into Judah. In 13:30 he was the first to speak against the majority report. Here Joshua stands with him.

Numbers 14:24 כָלֵ֗ב Caleb

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.

Here: Caleb son of Jephunneh was Judah's scout (Num 13:6). Elsewhere he is called a Kenizzite (Num 32:12). His name is most likely related to keleb, 'dog'. In the ancient Near East that word could stand for a devoted servant.

Numbers 14:30 כָּלֵ֣ב Caleb

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.

Here: Caleb, the spy from Judah who first urged the people to go up (13:30) and who is said to have 'followed me fully' (14:24). He is named first here.

Numbers 14:38 וְכָלֵ֖ב and Caleb

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 Caleb

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.

Here: One of the twelve scouts, from Judah, who urged the people to go up and take the land (Numbers 13:30). God said he had 'a different spirit' and 'followed me fully' (14:24).

Numbers 32:12 כָּלֵ֤ב Caleb

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 Caleb

These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

Deuteronomy 1:36 כָּלֵ֤ב Caleb

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 Caleb

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.

Here: One of the two faithful spies of Numbers 13–14. The name sounds like the Hebrew for “dog” (kelev); in the ancient Near East a servant could call himself his lord's “dog” as a mark of loyalty, though what the name originally meant is uncertain.

Joshua 14:13 לְכָלֵ֥ב to Caleb

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

Here: The recipient of the grant. The name sounds like kelev, 'dog'. Ancient Near Eastern names using 'dog' often meant a devoted servant of a god, so the name does not have to be an insult. Its exact meaning is debated.

Joshua 14:14 לְכָלֵ֨ב of Caleb

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 and to Caleb

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.)

Here: The verse puts Caleb first in the Hebrew word order, which makes him the focus. Up to verse 12 the chapter has been tracing borders. Now it turns to one man. In Hebrew the name sounds like the word for 'dog' (kelev), but nothing in this verse plays on that.

Joshua 15:14 כָּלֵ֔ב Caleb

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

Here: Caleb son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite (14:6). He was one of the two spies who said forty-five years earlier that Israel could take this land. In Hebrew the subject comes after the verb and 'from there', which puts the stress on the action and the place.

Joshua 15:16 כָּלֵ֔ב Caleb

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

Here: Caleb son of Jephunneh, one of the two faithful scouts (Num 13–14), now an old man claiming the hill-country inheritance promised to him (Josh 14:6–15). He speaks as head of his clan, with authority over both land and daughter.

Joshua 15:17 כָלֵ֑ב Caleb

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

Here: Caleb son of Jephunneh, one of the two faithful spies, who had just received Hebron and its region (14:6–15; 15:13–14). The main pause in the verse falls here and closes the first half: the capture.

Joshua 15:18 כָּלֵ֖ב Caleb

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 to Caleb

But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

Judges 1:12 כָּלֵ֔ב Caleb

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 Caleb

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 Caleb

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 Caleb

“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 to Caleb

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 Caleb

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.

Here: The faithful spy of Numbers 13–14, who survived the wilderness and took Hebron. Linking Othniel to him gives the first judge the standing of the faithful generation.

1 Samuel 30:14 כָּלֵ֑ב Caleb

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 and Caleb

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 Caleb

When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

1 Chronicles 2:42 כָלֵב֙ Caleb

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

Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

1 Chronicles 2:48 כָּלֵב֙ Caleb

Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

1 Chronicles 2:49 כָּלֵ֖ב Caleb

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 Caleb

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 Caleb

The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

Here: The famous Caleb, one of the two faithful spies (Numbers 13–14), who received Hebron. The name sounds like the Hebrew word for "dog."

1 Chronicles 6:56 לְכָלֵ֥ב to Caleb

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