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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 Box Jos 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:17 - And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - and the border reached along from the top of the mountain toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out toward the cities of mount Ephron; and the border reached along to Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:60

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - -- And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - -- And the south side was from the extreme end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12 - And they went up and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah; therefore they call that place Mahaneh-Dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21 - And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of Jehovah; come down, fetch it up to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 - And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and hallowed Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:52 - And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, Hazi-Hammenuhoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53 - And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - And David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, of Jehovah, who sitteth between the cherubim, whose name is placed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had spread a tent for it at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25 - The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim: and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah;
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