kalev · Caleb

What it means

kalev (כָּלֵב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Caleb”.

A scout from the tribe of Judah who with Joshua trusted YHWH (Numbers 14:6-9, 24); others also bear the name.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×9
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×9
• Judges×6
• 1 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×9

• Numbers 13:6

  of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

• Numbers 13:30

  But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession of it, for we are well able to overcome it.”

• Numbers 14:6

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

• Numbers 14:24

  But my servant Caleb, because there was a different spirit in him and he has followed me fully, I will bring him into the land into which he went, and his offspring shall possess it.

• Numbers 14:30

  you shall not come into the land where I raised my hand to settle you in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

• Numbers 14:38

  But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to explore the land.

• Numbers 26:65

  For YHWH had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a man of them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

• Numbers 32:12

  except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have fully followed YHWH.’

• Numbers 34:19

  And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

• Deuteronomy 1:36

  except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and to him I will give the land on which he has walked, and to his sons, because he has followed YHWH fully.”

• Joshua 14:6

  Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word that YHWH spoke to Moses the man of Elohim about me and about you in Kadesh-barnea.

• Joshua 14:13

  And Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

• Joshua 14:14

  Therefore Hebron became Caleb’s son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he followed fully YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.

• Joshua 15:13

  And to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of YHWH to Joshua: Kiriath-arba, the father of Anak (that is Hebron).

• Joshua 15:14

  And Caleb dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

• Joshua 15:16

  And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and takes it, I will give to him Achsah my daughter as wife.”

• Joshua 15:17

  And Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

• Joshua 15:18

  And when she came, she urged him to ask her father for the field. And she got down from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What is the matter with you?”

• Joshua 21:12

  But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

• Judges 1:12

  Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.”

• Judges 1:13

  Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, younger than he, captured it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

• Judges 1:14

  When she came, she urged him to ask her father for the field. She got down from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

• Judges 1:15

  She said to him, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

• Judges 1:20

  They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken, and he dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak.

• Judges 3:9

  The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, and YHWH raised up a savior for the sons of Israel, who saved them: Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, younger than he.

• 1 Samuel 30:14

  We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, and against what belongs to Judah, and against the Negev of Caleb; and Ziklag we burned with fire.”

• 1 Chronicles 2:18

  And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth; and these are her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

• 1 Chronicles 2:19

  And Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrath, and she bore him Hur.

• 1 Chronicles 2:42

  And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

• 1 Chronicles 2:46

  And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.

• 1 Chronicles 2:48

  Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

• 1 Chronicles 2:49

  And she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

• 1 Chronicles 2:50

  These were the sons of Caleb. The son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

• 1 Chronicles 4:15

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

• 1 Chronicles 6:56

  but the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.