Kilʼâb — H3609

Definition

masculine proper noun

Kilab, an Israelite

1. Chileab = "like his father"
2. the 2nd son of David, by Abigail

Usually translated as

Chileab

Origin

apparently from H3607 and H1; restraint of (his) father

• Kâlâʼ (H3607)
• ʼâb (H1)

Occurrences

Kilʼâb occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1)

• 2 Samuel 3:3 — And his second, Chileab (כִלְאָ֔ב), of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;