TBESH · H3611
כֶּ֫לֶב · ke.lev · dog
1) dog 1a) dog (literal) 1b) contempt or abasement (fig.) 1c) of pagan sacrifice 1d) of male cult prostitute (fig.)
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ke.lev H3611
כֶּ֫לֶב (ke.lev) means “dog” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
כֶּ֫לֶב Hebrew · H3611 32 tagged occurrences in 31 verses
Pronunciation guide: keh'-leb Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
KJV glosses: dog.
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How translators render H3611
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the dogs | 5 |
| dog | 4 |
| a dog | 3 |
| by dogs | 3 |
| dogs | 3 |
| like dogs | 2 |
| a mere dog | 1 |
| and the dogs | 1 |
| as a dog | 1 |
| even a dog | 1 |
| is like one who breaks a dogs | 1 |
| like ravenous dogs | 1 |
| of a dog | 1 |
| of wild dogs | 1 |
| of your dogs | 1 |
| or male | 1 |
| there also the dogs | 1 |
| to the dogs | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| dog | 4 |
| and the dogs | 3 |
| a dog | 2 |
| as a dog | 2 |
| dogs | 2 |
| like a dog | 2 |
| shall dogs | 2 |
| shall the dogs | 2 |
| the dogs | 2 |
| a dogs | 1 |
| for dogs | 1 |
| i a dog | 1 |
| i a dogs | 1 |
| it to the dogs | 1 |
| of a dog | 1 |
| of the dog | 1 |
| of thy dogs | 1 |
| shall not a dog | 1 |
| where dogs | 1 |
| with the dogs | 1 |
Verses containing H3611
Page 1 of 1. 31 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Exodus 11:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
Read word by word - Exodus 22:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.30
- Deuteronomy 23:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.19
- Judges 7:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 24:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.15
- 2 Samuel 3:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 9:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 16:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 14:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 16:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 21:19
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 21:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
Read word by word - 1 Kings 21:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 22:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 8:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
Read word by word - 2 Kings 9:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 9:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
Read word by word - Job 30:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
Read word by word - Psalms 22:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.17
- Psalms 22:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.21
- Psalms 59:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.7
- Psalms 59:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.15
- Psalms 68:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.24
- Proverbs 26:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Read word by word - Proverbs 26:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 9:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Read word by word - Isaiah 56:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
Read word by word - Isaiah 56:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
Read word by word - Isaiah 66:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 15:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
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