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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

KIRIATH-ARBA

kir-i-ath-ar'-ba.

See HEBRON.

Strong's Hebrew

7153. Qiryath Arba -- "city of the four," an older name of Hebron
... of the four," an older name of Hebron. Transliteration: Qiryath Arba or Qiryath
Haarba Phonetic Spelling: (keer-yath' ar-bah') Short Definition: Kiriath-arba. ...
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Thesaurus

Kiriatharba (2 Occurrences)
... See HEBRON. Multi-Version Concordance Kiriatharba (2 Occurrences). Genesis 23:2
And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba ( the same is Hebron ), in the land of Canaan. ...
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Kiriath-arba (9 Occurrences)
Kiriath-arba. Kiriatharba, Kiriath-arba. Kir'iath-ar'ba . Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia ... Kiriatharba, Kiriath-arba. Kir'iath-ar'ba . Reference Bible.
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Kir'iath-ar'ba (9 Occurrences)
... Mamre, to Kiriatharba--the same is Hebron--where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. (See
RSV). Joshua 14:15 Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba, which ...
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Arba (9 Occurrences)
... ARBA, CITY OF. See KIRIATH-ARBA. ... Arba (9 Occurrences). Genesis 23:2 Sarah died
in KiriathArba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. ...
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Kiriath (34 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Kiriath (34 Occurrences). Genesis 23:2 Sarah died
in KiriathArba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. ...
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Hebron (71 Occurrences)
... Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (ie Tanis) in Egypt (Numbers
13:22); its ancient name was Kiriath-arba, probably meaning the "Four Cities ...
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Beforetime (21 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV). Joshua 14:15 Now the name of Hebron beforetime was
Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. ...
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Anak (8 Occurrences)
... To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according
to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even KiriathArba, named after ...
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Ahiman (4 Occurrences)
... The most natural understanding of the Bible statements is certainly to the effect
that they were personal leaders among the Anakim of Kiriath-arba (Hebron). ...
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Earlier (48 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Joshua 14:15 In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named
after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war. ...
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Bible Concordance

Kiriath-arba (9 Occurrences)

Genesis 23:2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
(ASV BBE NAS)

Genesis 35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
(ASV BBE NAS)

Joshua 14:15 Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
(ASV BBE JPS NAS)

Joshua 15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak ( the same is Hebron ).
(ASV BBE JPS NAS)

Joshua 15:54 and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba ( the same is Hebron ), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
(ASV BBE JPS NAS)

Joshua 20:7 And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba ( the same is Hebron ) in the hill-country of Judah.
(ASV BBE JPS NAS)

Joshua 21:11 And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak ( the same is Hebron ), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
(ASV BBE JPS NAS)

Judges 1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron ( now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba ); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
(ASV BBE JPS NAS)

Nehemiah 11:25 And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,
(ASV BBE JPS NAS)

Subtopics

Kiriath-Arba

Related Terms

Kiriath-arba (9 Occurrences)

Kir'iath-ar'ba (9 Occurrences)

Arba (9 Occurrences)

Kiriath (34 Occurrences)

Hebron (71 Occurrences)

Beforetime (21 Occurrences)

Anak (8 Occurrences)

Ahiman (4 Occurrences)

Earlier (48 Occurrences)