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HebrewH7157Noun

קִרְיַת יְעָרִים

qir.yat ye.a.rim

19Occurrences
H7157Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine

or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קִרְיַת עָרִים; from H7151 (קִרְיָה) and the plural of H3293 (יַעַר) or H5892 (עִיר); city of forests, or city of towns;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests" a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

קִרְיַת יְעָרִים appears 19 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
6
1 Chronicles
5
1 Samuel
3
2 Chronicles
1
Ezra
1
Judges
1
Jeremiah
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 13:5BSB

So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

1 Chronicles 2:52BSB

These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

1 Samuel 7:1BSB

Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

Ezra 2:25BSB

the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

Joshua 15:9BSB

From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.