כָּלֵב Kâlêb (H3612)

Caleb, the name of three Israelites

Caleb = "dog" 1) the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture 2) son of Hezron and grandson of Pharez and great grandson of Judah and the father of Hur and grandfather of Caleb the spy

perhaps a form of כֶּלֶב (H3611), or else from the same root in the sense of forcible;