Definition

a Calebite or descendant of Caleb

Etymology

probably by erroneous transcription for כָּלֵבִי; patronymically from H3612 (כָּלֵב);

Word family

• כָּלֵב Kâlêb

How the KJV renders it

• of the house of Caleb

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.