כֶּלֶב kelev

Hebrew word for “dog” · Strong’s H3611 · used 32 times in 31 verses

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Meaning

1) dog; 1a) dog (literal); 1b) contempt or abasement (fig.); 1c) of pagan sacrifice; 1d) of male cult prostitute (fig.)

How it is translated

Glosses given for kelev in context, with how often each is used:

• dogs 16
• dog 12
• like dog 2
• ¿ a dog 1
• like a dog 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 21 (3), 2 Kings 9 (2), Psalms 22 (2), Psalms 59 (2), Proverbs 26 (2), Isaiah 56 (2), Exodus 11 (1), Exodus 22 (1), Deuteronomy 23 (1), Judges 7 (1)

Forms

• הכלבים 10
• כלב 7
• הכלב 5
• ככלב 3
• לכלב 2
• כלבים 2
• כלבי 1
• כלביך 1
• והכלבים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kelev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 8
• לָקַק laqaq “to lick” 3
• מוּת mut “to die” 7
• עוֹף oph “bird” 4
• אִיזֶבֶל izevel “Jezebel” 3
• יִזְרְעֶאל yizreel “Jezreel” 3
• דָּם dam “blood” 4
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 4
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 4
• עִיר ir “city” 5
• לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 3
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 5

Key verses

The verses using kelev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 22:31 — And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
• Deuteronomy 23:18 — Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the…
• 1 Samuel 17:43 — And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
• 1 Samuel 24:14 — After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
• 1 Kings 21:19 — And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the…
• 2 Kings 8:13 — And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over…
• Job 30:1 — But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
• Psalms 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
• Isaiah 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Isaiah 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain,…
• Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s…
• Jeremiah 15:3 — And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.