Where does “Caleb” come from?
Caleb comes from Hebrew כלב meaning "dog," ultimately from Proto-Semitic kalb-, though the sense development to the proper name remains unclear.
Ancestry of “Caleb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Koine Greek | Χάλεβ | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | כלב | A dog, "especially" a male dog; "For uses of the... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | kalb- | dog |