HebrewH7153Noun

קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע

qir.yat ar.ba

9Occurrences
H7153Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine

or (with the article interposed) קִרְיַת הָאַרְבַּע; (Nehemiah 11:25), from H7151 (קִרְיָה) and H704 (אַרְבַּע) or H702 (אַרְבַּע); city of Arba, or city of the four (giants);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Kirjath-arba = "city of Arba" early name of the city which after the conquest was called 'Hebron' Another name of chev.ron (*חֶבְרוֹן *"Hebron" H2275A)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
5
Genesis
2
Judges
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

Genesis 23:2BSB

She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

Genesis 35:27BSB

Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

Judges 1:10BSB

Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Joshua 14:15BSB

(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.)Then the land had rest from war.

Joshua 15:13BSB

According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

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