{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3611",
  "lemma": "כֶּלֶב",
  "transliteration": "keleb",
  "definition": "a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute",
  "kjv": "dog.",
  "occurrences": 32,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "כֶּ֫לֶב n.m. I S 24:15 dog (NH id.; Ph. כלב; Aram. כֶּ֫לְבָּא,; Ar.; Eth. As. DI HWB 328)—abs. כ׳ Ju 7:5 + 16 t., כָּ֑לֶב ψ 59:7, 15; pl. כְּלָבִים 1 K 14:11 + 12 t.; cstr. כַּלְבֵי Jb 30:1; sf. כְּלָבֶיךָ ψ 68:24;—dog:",
    "a. lit. 1 K 14:11 16:4 21:19, 19, 23, 24 22:38 2 K 9:10, 36 (all of fierce, hungry dogs, devouring dead bodies and licking blood); cf. Je 15:3 and (לְשׁוֹן כְּלָבֶיךָ) ψ 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 7:5 Pr 26:11, 17 ψ 59:7, 15; in proverbial sayings: לֹא יֶֽחֱרַץ־כ׳ לְשֹׁנוֹ Ex 11:7 (v. I. חרץ);לְכ׳ מֵת טוֹב מִן־הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּֽת Ec 9:4.",
    "b. applied, fig., to men, in contempt I S 17:43, so of psalmist’s enemies ψ 22:17, 21, or in excessive humility 2 K 8:13; still more emphatically כ׳ מֵת a dead dog, הָכּ׳ הַמֵּת 2 S 9:8 16:9; also רֹאשׁ כ׳ 3:8; כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִים Is 56:10 (of misleading prophets), הַכּ׳ עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁ v 11 (id.); כ׳ was name given to male temple-prostitutes Dt 23:19 (v. Dr; cf. קָדֵשׁ)."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 11:7",
      "text": "But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal, that you may…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/11?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:30",
      "text": "“You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any meat that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 23:19",
      "text": "You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of the LORD your God…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/23?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 7:5",
      "text": "So he brought down the people to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps of the water with his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/7?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 17:43",
      "text": "The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=43"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 24:15",
      "text": "Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/24?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:8",
      "text": "Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 9:8",
      "text": "He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/9?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 16:9",
      "text": "Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 14:11",
      "text": "The dogs will eat whoever belongs to Jeroboam who dies in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/14?v=11"
    }
  ],
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