Dog
H3611
Hebrew
UBS
כֶּלֶב
kelebkeh'-leb
Noun Masculine
Definition
= relatively small light brown domestic animal, feeding on anything from household refuse to animal carcasses and excreta; ◄ |iCanis familiaris putiatini|i*; ► extremely unclean animal and therefore not to be eaten, though used for hunting and for watching sheep; ≈ considered almost as unclean as a {L:pig<SDBH:חֲזִיר>}; associated with all sorts of uncleanness, aggression, greediness, low status; used as derogatory term for male shrine prostitutes
Semantic Domains
Domestic Animals
Prostitutes
Etymology
from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack;
KJV Translations
dog
Occurrences31
Frequency Rank#1003