Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym — H7157

Definition

locative proper noun

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

1. Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests"
2. a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin
1. also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'

Usually translated as

Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim

Origin

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

• Derived from Qiryâh (H7151)
• Derived from Yaʻar (H3293)
• Derived from ʻîyr (H5892)

Occurrences

Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym occurs 20 times in 19 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (6), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Joshua 9:17 — And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim (וְקִרְיַ֥ת).
• Joshua 15:9 — And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֥ת):
• Joshua 15:60 — Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֥ת), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
• Joshua 18:14 — And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֣ת), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
• Joshua 18:15 — And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֣ת), and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
• Joshua 18:28 — And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath (קִרְיַ֔ת); fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
• Judges 18:12 — And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim (בְּקִרְיַ֥ת), in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
• Judges 18:12 — And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim (יְעָרִ֖ים).
• 1 Samuel 6:21 — And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַת), saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
• 1 Samuel 7:1 — And the men of Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֣ת) came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 7:2 — And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim (בְּקִרְיַ֣ת), that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 2:50 — These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֥ת),
• 1 Chronicles 2:52 — And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֣ת) had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
• 1 Chronicles 2:53 — And the families of Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֣ת); the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
• 1 Chronicles 13:5 — So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim (מִקִּרְיַ֖ת).
• 1 Chronicles 13:6 — And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֥ת), which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
• 2 Chronicles 1:4 — But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim (מִקִּרְיַ֣ת) to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
• Ezra 2:25 — The children of Kirjath-arim (קִרְיַ֤ת), Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
• Nehemiah 7:29 — The men of Kirjath-jearim (קִרְיַ֤ת), Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
• Jeremiah 26:20 — And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim (מִקִּרְיַ֖ת), who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: