קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע
qir.yat ar.ba
“Kiriath-arba”
Definition
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);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.)Then the land had rest from war.
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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