The name Caleb comes from the Hebrew word Kaleb which translates as dog It means being loyal to God as a dog is loyal to his master.

Meaning of caleb in hebrew. The modern English pronunciation ˈkeɪləb is courtesy of the Great Vowel Shift. The Jewish Publication Society. To find out if they were strong or.

He represents the tribe of Judah as its prince Numbers 136. Caleb son of Jephunneh of the tribe of Judah was one of the twelve men sent by Moses to spy the land of Canaan and report back about its cities and its inhabitants. This is an open forum to discuss the origin the meaning and the family stories of the surname CALEB.

Col Cuf Lamed all or whole. Caleb in the Old Testament one of the spies sent by Moses from Kadesh in southern Palestine to spy out the land of Canaan. The name Caleb is identical to the Hebrew word כלב keleb meaning dog.

As a person Caleb the son of Jephunneh occurs in the story of the spies. Therefore CALEB or COLEV as pronounced in Hebrew actually means whole hearted. However the aptest meaning of the name Caleb is to be faithful Local Origin of the name Caleb.

Using the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex Code we can obtain some variants of scripture of the same surname. Caleb means faithful or wholehearted. The noun כלב keleb means dog but its not clear what verb it comes from and thus essentially how a dog was seen.

King James Word Usage - Total. Col כל Kaf Lamed all or whole. In some traditions Calebs being a dog symbolizes his devotion to God.