Dog
כֶּ֫לֶבStrong’s H3611kelev (ke-lev)
Appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kelev is the Hebrew word usually translated “dogs”, “dog” and “like dog”. It appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament.
“But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.”
Meaning
- Dogdog (literal) · contempt or abasement (fig.) · of pagan sacrifice · of male cult prostitute (fig.)
How it's translated
- the dogs 10
- a dog 8
- the dog 4
- dogs 2
- like dog 2
- to the dog 1
- dogs of 1
- dogs your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 6
- Psalms 5
- 2 Samuel 3
- 2 Kings 3
- Isaiah 3
- Exodus 2
13 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 22:31And 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 23:18Thou 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 LORD thy God.
- Judges 7:5So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
- 1 Samuel 17:43And 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 24:14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- 2 Samuel 3:8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
Hebrew dictionary
כֶּ֫לֶב kelev · dog
1) dog 1a) dog (literal) 1b) contempt or abasement (fig.) 1c) of pagan sacrifice 1d) of male cult prostitute (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dog” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DOG, noun
- A species of quadrupeds, belonging to the genus Canis, of many varieties, as the mastiff, the hound, the spaniel, the shepherds dog the terrier, the harrier, the bloodhound, etc.
- It is used for male, when applied to several other animals; as a dog-fox; a dog-otter; dog-ape.
- An andiron, so named from the figure of a dogs head on the top.
- A term of reproach or contempt given to a man.
All definitions and other forms of “dog”
- A constellation called Sirius or Canicula. [See Dog-day.]
- An iron hook or bar with a sharp fang, used by seamen.
- An iron used by sawyers to fasten a log of timber in a saw-pit.
- A gay young man; a buck. [Not in use.]
DOG, verb transitive
To hunt; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to follow close; to urge; to worry with importunity.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.