Chelub

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 27:26.

2. Written Cheleb.; Hebrew Chelub (1 Chronicles 4:11).

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 4:10Numbers 13-14Numbers 13-1421 Chronicles 27:26

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

CHELUB . 1 . A descendant of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:11 ). 2 . The father of Ezri, one of David’s superintendents ( 1 Chronicles 27:26 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Apparently a descendant of Judah, and father of Mehir. The LXX and Vulg. have CALEB. 1 Chronicles 4:11 .

2. Father of Ezri. 1 Chronicles 27:26 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Che'lub.

1. A man among the descendants of Judah.

2. Ezri, the son of Chelub, one of David's officers. 1 Chronicles 27:26.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kē´lub :

(1) כּלוב , kelūbh , father of Mehir (1 Chronicles 4:11 ); the name is probably a variation of Caleb. Wellhausen ( De gentibus et familiis Judaeis ) reads כּלב בּן חזרון , kālēbh ben ḥezrōn ].

(2) Father of Ezri (1 Chronicles 27:26 ), one of the officers of David. See Genealogy .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Kelub´, כְּליּב, a cage, as in Jeremiah 5:27), the name of two men.

1. (Sept. Χαλέβ .) The; brother of Shuah and rather of Mehir, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:11). B.C. appar. ante 1612.

2. (Sept. Χελούβ .) The father of Ezri, which latter was David's chief gardener (1 Chronicles 27:26). B.C. ante 1014.