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Caleb, Chelub Ai

Time-period: ❹ Mose-David (1400 – 1000 f.Kr.)
Age: -
Alt. names/spellings: Caleb, Chelubai
Father: Hezron
Siblings: Jerioth, Jerahmeel, Ram, Segub
Half-siblings: Ashhur
Relationships: Azubah (marriage)
Jerioth (marriage)
Ephrathah (marriage)
(concubine)
Maacah (concubine)
children (8): Shobal, Shobab, Shaaph, Hur, Jesher, Ardon, Sheva, Mesha

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Usage in the Bible


Caleb H3612
כָּלֵב (Kalev)
35 times in OT
Chelubai H3621
כְּלוּבָ֑י (Kelovaj)
1 times in OT
Total    36 times

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  • Hezron

    Extra: Was an ancestor to Christ.

    Hezron
    • Caleb

      Azubah, Jerioth, Ephrathah
      (), (Maacah)

      child nr: 3
      Azubah
      Jerioth
      Ephrathah

      Maacah

      • Shobal

        order of birth not available

        Mother: unknown

        Shobal
      • Shobab

        order of birth not available

        Mother: Azubah

        Shobab
      • Shaaph

        order of birth not available

        Mother: Maacah

        Shaaph
      • Hur

        order of birth not available

        Mother: Ephrathah

        Hur
        • Peniel

          order of birth not available

          Peniel
        • Ezer

          order of birth not available

          Ezer
      • Jesher

        order of birth not available

        Mother: Azubah

        Jesher
      • Ardon

        order of birth not available

        Mother: Azubah

        Ardon
      • Sheva

        order of birth not available

        Mother: Maacah

        Sheva
        • Machbena

          order of birth not available

          Machbena
        • Gibea

          order of birth not available

          Gibea
      • Mesha

        order of birth not available

        Mother: unknown

        Mesha
        • Ziph

          order of birth not available

          Ziph

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1 Ch 2:9
  Interlinear
[Here the chronicler breaks the pattern of the genealogy and reverses it in a chiasm.]
The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Kelubai [also called Caleb, see 1 Chron. 2:18].
1 Ch 2:18
  Interlinear
Caleb, the son of Jethron, had children with his wife Asuba and with Jeriot. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. [Caleb (Hebr. kalev) is also called Kelovaj, see verse 9. This is not the same person as Caleb who spied out the land; he lived later, see Num. 13:30.]
1 Ch 2:19
  Interlinear
When Asuvah died, Caleb took Ephrathah as his wife, and she bore him Hur (Hebr. Chor).
1 Ch 2:42
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The sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron (Chevron).
1 Ch 2:46
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Caleb's concubine Efa bore Haran, Mosa, and Gases. Haran became the father of Gases.
1 Ch 2:48
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Caleb's concubine Maacha bore Zepher and Tirhanah.
1 Ch 2:49
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She also gave birth to Zaph, the father of Madmanna, Seva, the father of Makbena, and the father of Gibeah. Caleb's daughter was Achsa.
1 Ch 2:50
  Interlinear
These were the sons of Caleb: Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath, whose son was Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim,