Sent as a spy, Num 13:6; inform the people, Num 13:30; 14:6-8
Caleb (Heb. Kâlêb, “dog”, “hydrophobic” or “impetuous”; cun. Kalb~n; nab. Klbw; ugar. Klby; sudar. Klb). 1. Son of Jephunneh, a Kenizzite (Num 32:12). He represented the tribe of Judah as one of the 12 leaders who were sent from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land of Canaan, and only he and Joshua returned with an encouraging report; the other spies, with his pessimistic report, completely discouraged the people (Num_13 and 14). Caleb took part in the conquest of the land (some 40 years later) and was a member of the commission that distributed it 190 among the 12 tribes (Num 34:19; Jos 14:6-14; 15:13-15). About that time (at the age of 85) he inherited Hebron and the neighboring territory, and expelled the Anakim from it; his younger relative Othniel took Debir and thus obtained Acsa, Caleb’s daughter, as his wife (Jos 14:13-15; 15:13-19). “Caleb’s Negev” (1Sa 30:14) may refer to the region of Hebron and Debir. 2. Son of Hezron and brother of Jerameel, of the descendants of Judah (1Ch 2:18, 42); he is called Chelubai* in 1Ch 2:9 Among his offspring were Hur (Aaron’s associate in Israel’s administration during Moses’ absence at Sinai) and Bezaleel (Hur’s grandson, the craftsman who built the tabernacle and its furnishings ; Exo 31:2; 1Ch 2:19, 20). If Acsa, Caleb’s daughter (or female descendant; v 49), was the well-known daughter of Caleb 1 (Jephunneh’s son) as some think, it would follow that Caleb 2 was a descendant of Caleb 1. Some have wished to identify as one to the two Caleb, but that is impossible: while Caleb 2 had a great-grandson (Bezalel) who built the tabernacle in Sinai, Caleb 1 was only 40 years old when he was one of the 12 spies the year after the construction of the tabernacle . Therefore, Bezaleel’s great-grandfather Caleb and the spy Caleb must be 2 different people.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
dog. Male name. 1. Son of Yefunne, of the tribe of Judah. C. he was one of the twelve sent by Moses, one for each tribe, from Kadesh Barnea, to explore the land of Canaan Nm 13, 6; C. was forty years old at this time Jos 14, 7. When they returned, ten of the explorers made a list of what they had seen to the people: the land was fertile, it flowed with milk and honey, but impossible to conquer, because the people who the dwelling is very powerful, even giants, descendants of Anak found there. C. he silenced the people by asking them to go up and conquer the country. But they contradicted him, Nm 13, 25-33. This caused the people to rebel against Moses and Aaron. Only C. and Joshua remained faithful to Yahweh, who punished the lack of faith of the Israelites by punishing them to wander in the desert for forty years and not enter the Promised Land; only the two of them and the little ones “I will bring them in, and they will know the land that you have despised”, said Yahweh, Nm 14, 1-35; Dt 1, 34-39.
Ten of the explorers sent to Canaan who on the way back murmured against Moses and discouraged the people from conquering the Promised Land, suddenly died before Yahweh; C., son of Yefunné, and Joshua, son of Nun, survived, Nm 14, 36-38. In the second census of the Israelites made by Moses and Eleazar, on the Steppes of Moab, near the Jordan, only C. and Joshua remained alive, of those who had been counted earlier in the Sinai desert by Moses and Aaron, according to said by Yahweh, Nm 26, 64-65. When those of Reuben and Gad opposed Moses to cross the Jordan, he reminded them of the episode of those sent from Kadesh Barnea to explore Canaan, and how only C. and Joshua remained faithful to Yahweh, Nm 32, 8-12.
For the distribution of the land of Canaan the priest Eleazar, Joshua and a prince for each tribe were chosen. C. was appointed by the tribe of Judah, Nm 34, 16-19. The region of Hebron was given to C. as an inheritance, by Joshua, and, upon receiving it, he remembered what happened to Kadesh Barnea, Jos 14, 6-15. C. expelled three descendants of Anaq from his territory: Sesay, Ajimán and Talmay, Jos 15, 13-14; Jc 1, 10 and 20. Then, C. offered his daughter Aksá as the wife of the one who took the city of Debir. Otniel, son of Kenaz, brother of C., did it and received Aksa as his wife, Jos 15, 15-19; Jc 1, 11-13. In 1 S 30, 14, the territory of the descendants of C. is called the Negeb of C.
From C. there are two eulogies in Scripture, that of Mattathias, before he died, 1 M 2, 56; and that of Ecclesiasticus, Si 46, 6-9. 2. C., son of Hesron, 1 Chronicles 2, 18/19/24/42/46/48/49/50.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(dog).
1. The son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite; 40-year-old prince of Judah whom Moses sent with 11 others to spy out the Promised Land (Num 13:6; Jos 14:7). Only Caleb and Joshua encouraged the people to go up and take the land. Since Israel adopted the majority report, God imposed on them 40 years of wandering in the wilderness until that generation died. At the age of 85, when the land of Canaan was being distributed, Caleb asked for and received Hebron and the hill country, home to the Anakites who had terrified ten of the spies. He later became father-in-law to Othniel, the first of the judges, giving him his daughter Acsa (Jdg 1: 12-15, Jdg 1:20).
2. A son of Hezron, son of Judah (1Ch 2:18-19, 1Ch 2:42).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(Dog). Name of people and a place in the OT.
1. Prince of the tribe of Judah who was one of those chosen to explore Canaan (Num 13:6). He was the son of Jephunneh. He was a member of a non-Israelite tribe, the † ¢ Kenizzites, who had united with Israel (Num 32:12), especially with the tribe of Judah. When the people feared at the bad report of ten of the spies “C. he silenced the people… and said: Let us go up soon, and take possession † (Num 13:30). C. and Joshua “tore their clothes” recommending that they go on to take the land. That is why both were the only ones of that generation that would enter it (Num 14:6, Num 14:24, Num 14:30; Deu 1:36). C. was chosen for the work of distributing the land among the tribes (Num 34:16-19). Being eighty-five years old, he felt “as strong as the day that Moses” sent him as a spy (Jos 14:11) and asked Joshua to give him Mount Hebron, which he conquered and drove out from there. sons of †¢Anak (Jos 15:14). He also attacked Kiriath-sefer, and offered her daughter † ¢ Acsa in marriage to the one who would take her, which † ¢ Othniel did (Jos 15: 16-17). Acsa asked † œher land to farm her father…. and he gave him the fountains above, and those below† (Jos 15:18-19).
. Son of Hezron. Jerameel’s brother (1Ch 2:18-19, 1Ch 2:25, 1Ch 2:42, 1Ch 2:50).
. Place where Hezron died. Probably the same Ephrata (1Ch 2:24).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, = “reckless, impetuous”. (a) Son of Jephunneh, he was one of those sent to spy out the land. Confident in the power of God, he gave an encouraging report. When he was 85 years old, he came into possession of the territory that God had assigned him, snatching it from the hands of the Anakim giants. Thus, he received Kiriath-arba, or Hebron (Num. 13:6, 30; 14:6-38; Josh. 14:6-14; 15:14-18). José’s passage. 15:13 does not imply, as some have claimed, that Caleb did not belong to the tribe of Judah, but only that he was not a prince of the tribe, and that he was given a special part nonetheless. Caleb is a type of the Christian who by faith practically occupies and enjoys the position God has given him, despite all that opposes him. (b) Son of Hezron, and father of Hur (1 Chr. 2:18, 19, 42; seems to be the same as Chelubai in v. 9). (c) Son of Hur (1 Chron. 2:50). (d) Caleb’s Negev is evidently in southern Palestine, occupied by Caleb and his descendants (1 Sam. 30:14). It is probably the plain between Hebron and south of Carmel.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
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1. Son of Hezron, brother of Jerahmeel, and great-grandson of Judah and Tamar (1Ch 2:3-5, 18); he was also called Kelubai. (1Ch 2: 9) One of his descendants was Bezalel, the skilled craftsman assigned to supervise the construction of the tabernacle. (1Ch 2:19, 20; Ex 35:30) Apparently, No. 2 discussed below was his descendant.
2. Son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, of the tribe of Judah, uncle of Othniel and possibly a descendant of no. 1. (Nu 32:12; Jos 15:17; 1Ch 4:13, 15; see OTNIEL.) At the age of forty, Caleb was part of the group of twelve spies that Moses sent to the land of Canaan on an inspection of forty days. Returning, he and Joshua faced opposition from all the others because of their favorable report: “Let us go up straight, and we shall take possession of it for sure.” (Nu 13:6, 30; 14:6-9) Because he had “fully followed Jehovah his God,” he was the only one of that adult generation, apart from Joshua and some Levites, to enter the land Promised in the year 1473 a. EC Six years later, when he was eighty-five years old, he said: “Now it so happens that Jehovah has kept me alive, just as he promised, these forty-five years since Jehovah made this promise to Moses when Israel walked in the wilderness, and now I see myself here today eighty-five years old. Yet today I am as strong as the day Moses sent me. As was my power then, so is my power now for war, both to go out and to come in† . (Jos 14:6-11.)
The city of Hebron (the fortress called Quiryat-arba, which was in the possession of the Anaquim giants) and the surrounding territory, which included nearby Debir, were assigned to Caleb as a possession. When at 1 Samuel 30:13, 14 it is said that the Amalekites raided “southern Caleb,” it does not seem to refer to a city having this name, but rather to this region that had been assigned to Caleb and that he was called by his name; so the raid was †˜over the south of Caleb’s country†™.
When he received this possession, Caleb said: “Whoever strikes Kiryat-sefer and does take her, I will certainly give my daughter Acsa for a wife.” His nephew Othniel (the first judge of Israel after Joshua’s death) took the city and got the reward. Then, in response to her daughter’s request, he gave her as a wedding gift Upper Gulot and Lower Gulot, in addition to the ‘southern plot’. (Jos 15:13-19; Jg 1:11-15; 3:9-11)
Achsah is listed as the daughter of “Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel” (No. 1), who lived about a century and a half before “Caleb the son of Jephunneh.” (1Ch 2:42, 49) Some commentators say that there was only one Caleb, but the long time span that separates Hezron, Judah’s grandson, from the settlement in Canaan excludes this possibility. Others say that both characters named Caleb had daughters of the same name. However, women are only mentioned in genealogies when…