1. dog (animal) — A dog, the domestic animal (כֶּלֶב), used literally of dogs (scavengers, watchdogs) and figuratively as a term of contempt or self-deprecation. 32×
AR["ال-كِلابُ","الـ-كَلْب","الكَلبُ-","الكَلبِ","الكِلابُ","الْكَلْبُ","الْكَلْبِ","الْكِلابُ","الْكِلَابُ","كَلبٍ","كَلْبٌ","كَلْبٍ"]·ben["কুকুর","কুকুরের","কুকুরেরা"]·DE["Hund","[כלב]","der-Hund","der-Hunde","ein-Hund"]·EN["a-dog","dog","the-dog","the-dogs"]·FR["[כלב]","chien","comme-cœur","dog","le-chien","le-chiens","un-chien"]·heb["ה-כלב","ה-כלבים","כלב"]·HI["कुत्ता","कुत्ते","कुत्ते-का","कुत्ते-की","कुत्ते-के","कुत्तों-ने","हक्कलावीम","हक्केलेव"]·ID["-anjing","-anjing-anjing","aku","anjing","anjing-anjing"]·IT["[כלב]","cane","come-cuore","il-cane","il-cani","il-dog","un-cane","un-dog"]·jav["sang-segawon","segawon","segawon-segawon"]·KO["개","개-의","개가","개냐","개들이","개를","개의","개의-목을","그-개","그-개들이"]·PT["cão","o-cão","os-cães"]·RU["-псу","-пёс","пса","псы","пёс","собака","собаки","собакой","собачья"]·ES["Los-perros","el-perro","los-perros","perro","un-perro"]·SW["mbwa","ya-mbwa"]·TR["koyacaksın-onu","köpek","köpekler","köpeğe","köpeğin"]·urd["کتا","کتوں-نے","کتّے-کا","کتے","کتے-کی","کتے-کے","کُتّا","کُتّے","کُتّے-کے","کُتے","ہ-کتے"]
Exod 11:7, Exod 22:31, Deut 23:18, Judg 7:5, 1 Sam 17:43, 1 Sam 24:14, 2 Sam 3:8, 2 Sam 9:8, 2 Sam 16:9, 1 Kgs 14:11, 1 Kgs 16:4, 1 Kgs 21:19 (+20 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כֶּ֫לֶב n.m. 1 S 24:15 dog (NH id.; Ph. כלב; Aramaic כַּלְבָּא, ܟܰܠܒܳܐ; Arabic كَلْبٌ; Ethiopic ከልብ: Assyrian kalbu DlHWB 328)—abs. כ׳ Ju 7:5 + 16 times, כָּ֑לֶב ψ 59:7, 15; pl. כְּלָבִים 1 K 14:11 + 12 times; cstr. כַּלְבֵי Jb 30:1; sf. כְּלָבֶיךָ ψ 68:24;—dog: a. lit. 1 K 14:11; 16:4; 21:19(×2), 23, 24; 22:38; 2 K 9:10, 36 (all of fierce, hungry dogs, devouring dead bodies and licking blood);…