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Lexicon :: Strong's H7157 - qiryaṯ yᵊʿārîm

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קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
Transliteration
qiryaṯ yᵊʿārîm
Pronunciation
keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

קִרְיַת יְעָרִים Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym, keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem'; or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קִרְיַת עָרִים Qiryath ʻÂrîym; 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:—Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7157 in the following manner: Kirjathjearim (19x), Kirjath (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7157 in the following manner: Kirjathjearim (19x), Kirjath (1x).

  1. Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests"

    1. a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin

      1. also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym, keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem'; or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קִרְיַת עָרִים Qiryath ʻÂrîym; 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:—Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.
STRONGS H7157: Abbreviations
† קִרְיַת יְעָרִים proper name, of a location πόλ(ε)ις Ιαρειμ[ν], Καριαθιαρειμ, etc. (city of forests); — city of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:17, assigned to Judah Joshua 15:60 compare Judges 18:12 (twice in verse), on border of Benjamin Joshua 15:9 (הַר־יְעָרִים [H3297 Joshua 15:10], Greek Version of the LXX πόλιν Ιαρειν, see יְעָרִים), Joshua 18:14; assigned to Benjamin Joshua 18:28 (יְעָרִים omitted by textual error before עָרִים, see Greek Version of the LXX); near Beth Shemesh 1 Samuel 6:21, long the abode of ark 1 Samuel 7:1, 2; 1 Chronicles 13:5, 6; 2 Chronicles 1:4; named in Genealogical list 1 Chronicles 2:50, 52, 53; named also Nehemiah 7:29 = עָרִים ק׳ Ezra 2:25 (read יְעָרִים); with article הַיְּעָרִים ק׳ Jeremiah 26:20; abbreviated (in poetry) (שְׂדֵיֿ) יָ֑עַר Psalm 132:6; called also קִרְיַתבַּֿעַל (Καριαθβααλ) [H7154 Joshua 15:60; Joshua 18:14] + Joshua 18:15 (where read for יְעָרִים ק׳, so Greek Version of the LXX Di Benn Steuern); this abbreviated into בַּעֲלָה, [H1173 Joshua 15:9, 10] [(Ιε)βααλ], also [H1173 Joshua 15:11; Joshua 15:29], and מִבַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה [H1184 2 Samuel 6:2] (read בַּעַל יְה׳, or בַּעֲלַת יְה׳), בַּעֲלָ֑תָה || 1 Chronicles 13:6 (see on these II. H1173 בַּעֲלָה). Identification uncertain; RobBR ii. 11 conjectures Kiryat el-`Enab, 8 miles + west of Jerusalem (compare Καριαθιαρειμ LagOnom. 271); `Erma (HendersonPal. 85, 112, 210 ConderSurvey Mem. iii. 43 ff.), compare GASmGeogr. 225 f. BuhlGeogr. 166 f..
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

9:17; 15:9; 15:60; 18:14; 18:15; 18:28

Judges

18:12

1 Samuel

6:21; 7:1; 7:2

1 Chronicles

2:50; 2:52; 2:53; 13:5; 13:6; 13:6

2 Chronicles

1:4

Ezra

2:25

Nehemiah

7:29

Psalms

132:6

Jeremiah

26:20

H7157

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Strong's Number H7157 matches the Hebrew קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (qiryaṯ yᵊʿārîm),
which occurs 39 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:17 - And the children of Israel departed and came to their cities; and their cities were Gabaon, and Kephira, and Berot, and the cities of Jarin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - And the border going forth from the top of the mountain terminates at the fountain of the water of Naphtho, and terminates at mount Ephron; and the border will lead to Baal; this is the city of Jarim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Cariathbaal, this is the city of Jarim, and Sotheba: two cities, and their villages:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Bæthoron southward, and its termination shall be at Cariath-Baal, this is Cariath-Jarin, a city of the children of Juda; this is the part toward the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - And the south side on the part of Cariath-Baal; and the borders shall go across to Gasin, to the fountain of the water of Naphtho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - and Jebus (this is Jerusalem); and Gabaoth, Jarim, thirteen cities, and their villages; this is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12 - And they went up, and encamped in Cariathiarim in Juda; therefore it was called in that place the camp of Dan, until this day: behold, it is behind Cariathiarim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21 - And they send messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, go down and take it home to yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 - And the men of Cariathiarim come, and bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord: and they bring it into the house of Aminadab in the hill; and they sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - And it came to pass from the time that the ark was in Cariathiarim, the days were multiplied, and the time was twenty years; and all the house of Israel looked after the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These were the sons of Chaleb: the sons of Or the first-born of Ephratha; Sobal the father of Cariathiarim,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:52 - And the sons of Sobal the father of Cariathiarim were Araa, and Æsi, and Ammanith,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53 - and Umasphaë, cities of Jair; Æthalim, and Miphithim, and Hesamathim, and Hemasaraim; from these went forth the Sarathæans, and the sons of Esthaam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David assembled all Israel, from the borders of Egypt even to the entering in of Hemath, to bring in the ark of God from the city of Jarim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - And David brought it up: and all Israel went up to the city of David, which belonged to Juda, to bring up thence the ark of the Lord God who sits between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - But David had brought up the ark of God out of the city of Cariathiarim; for David had prepared a place for it, for he had pitched a tabernacle for it in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25 - The children of Cariathiarim, Chaphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - The men of Cariatharim, Caphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - (LXX 33:20) And there was another man prophesying in the name of the Lord, Urias the son of Samæas of Cariathiarim; and he prophesied concerning this land according to all the words of Jeremias.
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