קִרְיַת יְעָרִים

qir.yat ye.a.rimKiriath-jearim
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place39 occurrences8 books19 verses
This is the name of the place Kiriath-jearim: A city where the ark resided.

Definition

or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קִרְיַת עָרִים; from H7151 and the plural of H3293 or H5892; city of forests, or city of towns; Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.

Glossary entries

Kiriath-jearim Kiriath-baal Kirjath-baal Kiriath-arim Jaar Kirjath-arim

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

39 total
  1. Joshua 9:17 (2×)וְקִרְיַ֥ת; יְעָרִֽים׃ · and Kiriath-jearim
    So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
  2. Joshua 15:9 (2×)קִרְיַ֥ת; יְעָרִֽים׃ · Kiriath-jearim)
    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).
  3. Joshua 15:60 (2×)קִרְיַ֥ת; יְעָרִ֖ים · Kiriath-jearim
    Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
  4. Joshua 18:14 (2×)קִרְיַ֣ת; יְעָרִ֔ים · Kiriath-jearim
    On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
  5. Joshua 18:15 (2×)קִרְיַ֣ת; יְעָרִ֑ים · of Kiriath-jearim
    On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.
  6. Joshua 18:28קִרְיַ֔ת · and Kiriath-jearim
    Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
  7. Judges 18:12 (4×)בְּקִרְיַ֥ת; יְעָרִ֖ים · at Kiriath-jearim; קִרְיַ֥ת; יְעָרִֽים׃ · of Kiriath-jearim
    They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
  8. 1 Samuel 6:21 (2×)קִרְיַת־; יְעָרִ֖ים · of Kiriath-jearim
    So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
  9. 1 Samuel 7:1 (2×)קִרְיַ֣ת; יְעָרִ֗ים · of Kiriath-jearim
    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.
  10. 1 Samuel 7:2 (2×)בְּקִרְיַ֣ת; יְעָרִ֔ים · at Kiriath-jearim
    And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
  11. 1 Chronicles 2:50 (2×)קִרְיַ֥ת; יְעָרִֽים׃ · of Kiriath-jearim
    These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
  12. 1 Chronicles 2:52 (2×)קִרְיַ֣ת; יְעָרִ֑ים · of Kiriath-jearim
    These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
  13. 1 Chronicles 2:53 (2×)קִרְיַ֣ת; יְעָרִ֔ים · of Kiriath-jearim
    …and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
  14. 1 Chronicles 13:5 (2×)מִקִּרְיַ֖ת; יְעָרִֽים׃ · from Kiriath-jearim
    So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
  15. 1 Chronicles 13:6 (2×)קִרְיַ֥ת; יְעָרִ֖ים · that is, Kiriath-jearim
    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
  16. 2 Chronicles 1:4 (2×)מִקִּרְיַ֣ת; יְעָרִ֔ים · from Kiriath-jearim
    Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
  17. Ezra 2:25 (2×)קִרְיַ֤ת; עָרִים֙ · of Kiriath-jearim
    …the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
  18. Nehemiah 7:29 (2×)קִרְיַ֤ת; יְעָרִים֙ · of Kiriath-jearim
    …the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
  19. Jeremiah 26:20 (2×)מִקִּרְיַ֖ת · from; הַיְּעָרִ֑ים · Kiriath-jearim
    Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.