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Person Old Testament

Chelub

Also known as Chelub =ESV, KJV; Kelub =NIV

Chelub, Caleb's brother and Hezron's son, was Mehir's father. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 4:11.

Why it matters. Caleb's brother, son of Hezron

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Chelub

Chelub, mentioned in 1Ch.4.11, was the brother of Caleb and the son of Hezron. He was the father of Mehir.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Siblings
Shuhah
Children
Mehir

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    4:11

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