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Lexicon :: Strong's H7153 - qiryaṯ 'arbaʿ

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קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע
Transliteration
qiryaṯ 'arbaʿ
Pronunciation
keer-yath' ar-bah'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Strong’s Definitions

קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע Qiryath ʼArbaʻ, keer-yath' ar-bah'; or (with the article interposed) קִרְיַת הָאַרְבַּע Qiryath hâ-ʼArbaʻ; (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:—Kirjath-arba.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H7153 in the following manner: Kirjatharba (6x), city of Arba (1x), synonym (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H7153 in the following manner: Kirjatharba (6x), city of Arba (1x), synonym (2x).

  1. Kirjath-arba = "city of Arba"

    1. early name of the city which after the conquest was called 'Hebron'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע Qiryath ʼArbaʻ, keer-yath' ar-bah'; or (with the article interposed) קִרְיַת הָאַרְבַּע Qiryath hâ-ʼArbaʻ; (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:—Kirjath-arba.
STRONGS H7153: Abbreviations
† קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע proper name, of a location older name of Hebron; πόλις Αρβο(κ), Καρ(ι)αθαρβοκ, etc. (probably = fourfold city (otherwise Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 21:11), see especially GFM); — Joshua 14:15 (J E D), Judges 1:10b (אַרְבַּ֑ע ק׳), also Genesis 23:2; Joshua 15:13, 54; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:11 (all P); הָא׳ ק׳ Genesis 35:27 (P) Nehemiah 11:25.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

23:2; 35:27

Joshua

14:15; 14:15; 15:13; 15:13; 15:54; 20:7; 21:11; 21:11

Judges

1:10

Nehemiah

11:25

H7153

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Strong's Number H7153 matches the Hebrew קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע (qiryaṯ 'arbaʿ),
which occurs 18 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:27 - So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both lived as foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - (Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.)
And the land had rest from war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - The LORD commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah’s territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak’s ancestor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:54 - Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - The following cities were designated as cities of refuge: Kedesh of 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:10 - Judah marched against the Canaanites in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath-arba), defeating the forces of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:25 - As for the surrounding villages with their open fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba with its settlements, Dibon with its settlements, and Jekabzeel with its villages.
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