קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע
Qiryath ʼArbaʻ · H7153 · Hebrew · proper noun · 18 occurrences
Place
Meanings
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Kiriath-Arba
Town, later known as Hebron; located in the hill country; territory of Judah; named after one of the Anakites
ExamplesGenesis 23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Genesis 35:27 Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had resided.
Joshua 14:15 Now the name of Hebron was previously Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land was at rest from war.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Names of Locations003001010
- This is Kiriath-arba, the earlier name of Hebron, where Sarah died (Genesis 23:2) and Abraham resided (Genesis 35:27), named for Arba, "the greatest man among the Anakim" (Joshua 14:15).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7153. Qiryath Arba or Qiryath Haarba אַרְבַּע קִרְיַת proper name, of a location older…
Arba or Qiryath Haarba אַרְבַּע קִרְיַת proper name, of a location older name of Hebron; πόλις Αρβο(κ), Καρ(ι)αθαρβοκ, etc. (probably = fourfold city (otherwise Jos 14:15; Jos 15:13; Jos 21:11), see especially GFM); — Jos 14:15 (J E D), Jdg 1:10b (׳ק אַרְבַּ֑ע), also Gen 23:2; Jos 15:13, Jos 15:54; Jos 20:7; Jos 21:11 (all P); ׳ק ׳הָא Gen 35:27 (P) Neh 11:25. — see חֶבְרוֺן.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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