Caleb
1 of the 12 spies- from Judah (NUM 13:6)
PersonTribe of Judahmale27 verses
Names
- Caleb — כָּלֵב kalev “dog; snappish, warding off” (H3612) · Χαλεβ Xaleb — Numbers 13:6
Titles
- My servant Caleb — עַבְדִּי כָלֵ֗ב avədiy kalev “servant [of mine] Caleb” (H3612) · παῖς μου Χαλεβ paîs mou Xaleb “slave [child?] mine Caleb” — given by God — Numbers 14:24
Family
- father of Achsah (daughter of Caleb) (inferred)
- father of Iru
- father of Elah (son of Caleb)
- father of Naam
Ancestry
- ancestor of Nabal (inferred)
Associations
- servant of YHVH (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Caleb — 2,477 AH · 1,530 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Joshua 14:7
- Death of Caleb* — 2,573 AH · 1,389 BC · aged 96 — Joshua 14:10
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Egypt — Birth of Caleb
Place of death
- Hebron — Death of Caleb* (Joshua 14:13)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Debir 1 — 2 shared verses
- Gilgal 1 — 1 shared verse
- Gulloth-mayim — 1 shared verse
- Kadesh-barnea — 1 shared verse
- Lower Gulloth — 1 shared verse
- Negeb — 1 shared verse
- Upper Gulloth — 1 shared verse
Appearances
Topical references
- One of the two survivors of the Israelites permitted to enter the land of promise — Numbers 14:30; Numbers 14:38; Numbers 26:63; Numbers 32:11; Deuteronomy 1:34; Joshua 14:6
- Sent to Canaan as a spy — Numbers 13:6
- Brings favorable report — Numbers 13:26; Numbers 14:6
- Assists in dividing Canaan — Numbers 34:19
- Life of, miraculously saved — Numbers 14:10
- Leader of the Israelites after Joshua's death — Judges 1:11; Judges 1:12
- Age of — Joshua 14:7
- Inheritance of — Joshua 14:6; Joshua 15:13
- Descendants of — 1 Chronicles 4:15
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.