First name Caleb in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Caleb is the name of the 1 of the 12 spies- from Judah (NUM 13:6). Meaning of the name: a dog; a crow; a basket. Related names are: Jephunneh, Joshua, Hebron . The translations of Caleb in 44 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. (NUM 13:6)
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. (NUM 13:30)
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: (NUM 14:6)
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. (NUM 14:24)
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. (NUM 14:30)
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. (NUM 14:38)
For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. (NUM 26:65)
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. (NUM 32:12)
And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. (NUM 34:19)
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. (DEU 1:36)
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. (JOS 14:6)
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. (JOS 14:13)
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. (JOS 14:14)
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. (JOS 15:13)
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. (JOS 15:14)
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. (JOS 15:16)
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. (JOS 15:17)
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? (JOS 15:18)
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. (JOS 21:12)
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. (JDG 1:12)
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. (JDG 1:13)
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? (JDG 1:14)
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. (JDG 1:15)
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. (JDG 1:20)
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. (JDG 3:9)
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. (1SA 25:3)
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. (1SA 30:14)
And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. (1CH 2:18)
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. (1CH 2:19)
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. (1CH 2:24)