Every Name in Tanakh

כְּלוּב Chelub

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 58×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 4:11 and last at 1 Chronicles 27:26.

1 Chronicles 4:11דברי הימים א ד:יא

וּכְלוּב אֲחִֽי־שׁוּחָה הוֹלִיד אֶת־מְחִיר הוּא אֲבִי אֶשְׁתּֽוֹן

And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

1 Chronicles 27:26דברי הימים א כז:כו

וְעַל עֹשֵׂי מְלֶאכֶת הַשָּׂדֶה לַעֲבֹדַת הָאֲדָמָה עֶזְרִי בֶּן־כְּלֽוּב

and over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Chelub?

Chelub — כלוב in Hebrew — has a gematria of 58 in the standard method.

How many times is Chelub named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at 1 Chronicles 4:11.

A spelling is not a name. The written word כלוב stands 3 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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