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קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע

qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arba
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place18 occurrences4 books9 verses
This is the name of the place Hebron: An important city in Judah; burial place of patriarchs.

Definition

or (with the article interposed) קִרְיַת הָאַרְבַּע; (Nehemiah 11:25), from H7151 and H704 or H702; city of Arba, or city of the four (giants); Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Kirjath-arba.

Glossary entries

Hebron (Place) Kiriath-Arba Kirjath-Arba

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

18 total
  1. Genesis 23:2 (2×)בְּקִרְיַ֥ת; אַרְבַּ֛ע · in Kiriath-arba
    She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
  2. Genesis 35:27 (2×)קִרְיַ֣ת; הָֽאַרְבַּ֑ע · near Kiriath-arba
    Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
  3. Joshua 14:15 (2×)קִרְיַ֣ת; אַרְבַּ֔ע · Kiriath-arba
    (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
  4. Joshua 15:13 (2×)קִרְיַ֥ת; אַרְבַּ֛ע · Kiriath-arba
    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.)
  5. Joshua 15:54 (2×)וְקִרְיַ֥ת; אַרְבַּ֛ע · Kiriath-arba
    Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
  6. Joshua 20:7 (2×)קִרְיַ֥ת; אַרְבַּ֛ע · and Kiriath-arba
    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
  7. Joshua 21:11 (2×)קִרְיַת֩; אַרְבַּ֨ע · Kiriath-arba
    They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
  8. Judges 1:10 (2×)קִרְיַ֣ת; אַרְבַּ֑ע · Kiriath-arba
    Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  9. Nehemiah 11:25 (2×)בְּקִרְיַ֤ת; הָֽאַרְבַּע֙ · in Kiriath-arba
    As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;