Senses
1. Caleb (Israelite leader) — The proper name Kalev (כָּלֵב), primarily referring to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan and one of only two (with Joshua) who brought a faithful report and were permitted to enter the Promised Land (Num 13-14, 26:65, 32:12; Deut 1:36; Josh 14:6-14, 15:13-19; Judg 1:12-20; 1 Sam 25:3, 30:14; 1 Chr 4:15, 6:56). Also used for Caleb son of Hezron (1 Chr 2:18,42,46,48-50). English renders as Caleb/Kalev; Spanish Caleb/Kalev; Hindi कालेब (Kaaleb); Arabic كالِب (Kalib); Korean 갈렙/갈렛 (Gallep/Gallet); Swahili Kalebu. Both clusters refer to the same individual(s) — the second adds conjunctive and prepositional prefixes (and-Caleb, to-Caleb) without semantic distinction. 35×
AR["كاليبَ","كاليبُ","كالِب","كالِبَ","كالِبُ","كَالَبَ","كَالِبَ","كَالِبُ","كَالِيبُ"]·ben["কালেব","কালেবের"]·DE["Caleb","Calev","Kaleb","Kalev"]·EN["Caleb","Calev","Kalev"]·FR["Caleb","Calev","Kalev"]·heb["כלב"]·HI["कलेब-क","कालेब","कालेब-के","कालेब-ने"]·ID["Kaleb"]·IT["Caleb"]·jav["Kalèb","Kaléb"]·KO["갈렙","갈렙-이","갈렙은","갈렙의","갈렙이","갈렛","갈렛의","갈렛이","갈렝의","갈렝이"]·PT["Calebe","Calev","Kalev"]·RU["Калев","Калева","Халева"]·ES["Caleb","Kalev"]·SW["Kalebu","jamii"]·TR["Kalev","Kalev'in","Kalevin"]·urd["کالب","کالب-نے","کالب-کا","کالب-کے","کالیب-نے","کالیب-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כָּלֵב n.pr.m. (Nab. n.pr. כלבא Eut (Nö) p. 55. כלבו VogNab. 6; cf. also We Skizzen u. Vorarbeiten iii. 217; on כָּלֵב = dog-clan, v. RSK 17, 190 f., 219, 254);—son of יְפֻנֶּה (𝔊 Χαλεβ; cf. LagBN 78), called הַקְּנִזִּי (v. קְנַז) in JE, Nu 32:12; Jos 14:6, 14, cf. 15:17 = Ju 1:13, Ju 3:9 (where קְנַז is brother of כ׳), also 1 Ch 4:15; treated as full Judahite only in P Nu 13:6 (v. GFM Ju p.…