Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7153: קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע

Qiryath ʼArbaʻ · pronounced keer-yath' ar-bah' · “Kiriath-arba”

Definition

Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine

KJV translates it as: Kirjath-arba.

Word origin: or (with the article interposed) קִרְיַת הָאַרְבַּע; (Nehemiah 11:25), from H7151 (קִרְיָה) and H704 (אַרְבַּע) or H702 (אַרְבַּע); city of Arba, or city of the four (giants);

Extended definition

Kirjath-arba = "city of Arba"
early name of the city which after the conquest was called 'Hebron'
Another name of chev.ron (חֶבְרוֹן "Hebron" H2275A)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7153 is translated

  • arba ×8
  • kiriath ×7
  • was kiriath ×2
  • the arba ×1

Bible verses with H7153 (Qiryath ʼArbaʻ)

Qiryath ʼarbaʻ appears in 9 verses.

  • Genesis 23:2

    And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

  • Genesis 35:27

    And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

  • Joshua 14:15

    And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

  • Joshua 15:13

    And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

  • Joshua 15:54

    And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

  • Joshua 20:7

    And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • Joshua 21:11

    And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

  • Judges 1:10

    And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • Nehemiah 11:25

    And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,