כֶּ֫לֶבn.m. I S 24:15dog (NH id.; Ph. כלב; Aram. כֶּ֫לְבָּא, Syriac; Ar. Arabic; Eth. Ethiopic As. kalbu DI HWB 328)—abs. כ׳Ju 7:5 + 16 t., כָּ֑לֶבPs 59:7, 15; pl. כְּלָבִים1 K 14:11 + 12 t.; cstr. כַּלְבֵיJb 30:1; sf. כְּלָבֶיךָPs 68:24;—doga lit. 1 K 14:1116:421:19, 19, 23, 2422:382 K 9:10, 36 (all of fierce, hungry dogs, devouring dead bodies and licking blood); cf. Je 15:3 and (לְשׁוֹן כְּלָבֶיךָ) Ps 68:24; eating torn flesh, Ex 22:30 (E), כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִי = my sheep-dogs, only Jb 30:1 (in both these with implied inferiority); dog-sacrifice was a heathen rite Is 66:3 (Di al.); v. esp. RS Sem. 1, 273 (291), 325 (343); in various sim. Ju 7:5Pr 26:11, 17Ps 59:7, 15; in proverbial sayings: לֹא יֶֽחֱרַץ־כ׳ לְשֹׁנוֹEx 11:7 (v. I. חרץ);לְכ׳ מֵת טוֹב מִן־הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּֽתEc 9:4. b applied, fig., to men, in contempt I S 17:43, so of psalmist’s enemies Ps 22:17, 21, or in excessive humility 2 K 8:13; still more emphatically כ׳ מֵתa dead dog, הָכּ׳ הַמֵּת2 S 9:816:9; also רֹאשׁ כ׳3:8; כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִיםIs 56:10 (of misleading prophets), הַכּ׳ עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁv 11 (id.); כ׳ was name given to male temple-prostitutes Dt 23:19 (v. Dr; cf. קָדֵשׁ).
Strong Concise Dictionary Of The Words In The Hebrew Bible
H3611כֶּלֶבkeleb; from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute — dog.
Synoniemen, homoniemen en afgeleide woorden
Grieks κύωνG2965 "hond"; Hebreeuws אִיH338 "wilde dieren van de eilanden, jakhalzen, wilde honden"; Hebreeuws כָּלֵבH3612 "Kaleb"; Hebreeuws כְּלוּבH3619 "korf, kouw";