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Chelub meaning

Chelub in Biblical Hebrew
כלוב
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🔼The name Chelub: Summary

Meaning
Basket, Bird's Cage
Etymology
From the noun כלוב (kelub), basket with fruit or cage with birds.
Related names
• Via כלב (keleb): Caleb, Caleb-ephrathah, Chelubai
• Via לב (leb): Beth-lebaoth, Laban, Lebanah, Lebanon, Lebaoth, Lebbaeus, Leb-kamai, Lebonah, Lehabim, Libnah, Libni, Libya, Lubim, Shihor-libnath

🔼The name Chelub in the Bible

There are two men with the name Chelub in the Bible:

  • A descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:11). Some scholars claim that this Chelub is the same as Caleb, the son of Hezron. There is, however, very little evidence for this.
  • The father of Ezri, how was in charge of all the farmers during the reign of king David (1 Chronicles 27:26).

🔼Etymology of the name Chelub

The name Chelub is identical to the noun כלוב (kelub), meaning basket or cage:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
לב  לבי  כלב  לבן  להב

The unused verb לבב (labab) probably had to do with having, forming or using the emotional (animal) part of consciousness, in contrast to the rational and word-filled mind that is unique to humans. Nouns לבב (lebab) and לב (leb) both mean heart: the seat of one's sentiments, courage and resolve. The opposite of having a heart is being either ignorant, indifferent or cowardly, but a big heart that's not properly governed by a strong mind may cause more damage than good, and be the source of all sorts of foolish bravery, massive fear or whole-hearted zeal.

One of the few words for lion, namely לבי (lebi), strongly resembles an adjective that would mean "courageous". The Hebrew word for dog, namely כלב (keleb), could be construed as a compound of כל (kal), meaning all, plus the word לב (leb), heart or courage: all-heart, entirely courageous (but not very clever). Noun כלוב (kelub) describes a cage with birds or a basket with fruits, and is perhaps illustrative of the limited rational capacities of a dog who is otherwise "all heart".

Verb לבן (laben) means to be or become white in the sense of a blank slate, meaning that "all-heart" also implies "little rational wisdom" or even "little record of wrong doings". Noun לבנה (lebanah) describes the moon, which in turn signifies roused feelings and very little rational (or solar) enlightenment. Adjective לבן (laban) means white (i.e. blank, un-written upon: stupid). Nouns לבנה (lebonah) and לבונה (lebonah) describe frankincense. Noun לבנה (lebneh) describes the poplar. Noun לבנה (lebenah) means brick, and the denominative verb לבן (laban) means to make bricks.

The unused verb להב (lahab) probably meant to flame or burn. Nouns להב (lahab) and להבה (lehaba) mean flame, but also denoted the blade or a sword or tip of a spear.

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🔼Chelub meaning

For a meaning of the name Chelub, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Basket, Bird's Cage. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names assumes that baskets are woven together, but also refers to a similar Arabic that means just that, and translates the name Chelub with Binding Together. BDB Theological Dictionary does not interpret this name.