Qiryath ʼArbaʻ — H7153

Definition

locative proper noun

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

1. Kirjath-arba = "city of Arba"
2. early name of the city which after the conquest was called 'Hebron'

Usually translated as

Kirjath-arba

Origin

or (with the article interposed) Qiryath hâ-ʼArbaʻ; (Nehemiah 11:25), from H7151 and H704 or H702; city of Arba, or city of the four (giants)

• Derived from Qiryâh (H7151)
• Derived from ʼArbaʻ (H704)
• Derived from ʼarbaʻ (H702)

Occurrences

Qiryath ʼArbaʻ occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Joshua (3), Judges (1), Nehemiah (1)

• Genesis 23:2 — And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba (בְּקִרְיַ֥ת); the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
• Genesis 35:27 — And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah (קִרְיַ֣ת), which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
• Joshua 14:15 — And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba (קִרְיַ֣ת); which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
• Joshua 15:54 — And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba (וְקִרְיַ֥ת), which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
• Joshua 20:7 — And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba (קִרְיַ֥ת), which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
• Judges 1:10 — And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba (קִרְיַ֣ת):) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
• Nehemiah 11:25 — And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba (בְּקִרְיַ֤ת), and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,