1) dog

1a) dog (literal)

1b) contempt or abasement (fig.)

1c) of pagan sacrifice

1d) of male cult prostitute (fig.)

Root √כלב: כלב כֶּלֶב (√ of foll.; meaning unknown; Thes regardsas onomatop.)

כֶּ֫לֶב כלב כֶּ֫לְבָּא כ׳ כָּ֑לֶב כְּלָבִים כַּלְבֵי כְּלָבֶיךָ n.m I S 24:15 Ju 7:5 ψ 59:7 1 K 14:11 Jb 30:1 ψ 68:24 dog dog id Syriac Arabic Ethiopic kalbu 1 K 14:11 16:4 21:19 22:38 2 K 9:10 Je 15:3 ψ 68:24 Ex 22:30 Jb 30:1 Is 66:3 Ju 7:5 Pr 26:11 ψ 59:7 Ex 11:7 Ec 9:4 לְשׁוֹן כְּלָבֶיךָ כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִי לֹא יֶֽחֱרַץ־כ׳ לְשֹׁנוֹ חרץ לְכ׳ מֵת טוֹב מִן־הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּֽת my sheep-dogs lit. (all of fierce, hungry dogs, devouring dead bodies and licking blood); cf.and (); eating torn flesh,(E),=, only(in both these with implied inferiority); dog-sacrifice was a heathen rite(Di al.); v. esp. RS Sem. 1, 273 (291), 325 (343); in various sim. ; in proverbial sayings:(v. I.);. I S 17:43 ψ 22:17 2 K 8:13 2 S 9:8 16:9 3:8 Is 56:10 v 11 Dt 23:19 כ׳ מֵת הָכּ׳ הַמֵּת רֹאשׁ כ׳ כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִים הַכּ׳ עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁ כ׳ קָדֵשׁ a dead dog id applied, fig. to men, in contempt, so of psalmist’s enemies. or in excessive humility; still more emphatically,; also;(of misleading prophets),(.);was name given to male temple-prostitutes(v. Dr; cf.). .(NH.; Ph.; Aram. ; Ar.; Eth.As.DI HWB 328)—abs.+ 16 t. ; pl.+ 12 t.; cstr.; sf.;—: