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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 - The children of Yisra'el traveled, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Giv`on, and Kefirah, and Be'erot, and Kiryat-Ye`arim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - and the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nefto'ach, and went out to the cities of Mount `Efron; and the border extended to Ba`alah (the same is Kiryat-Ye`arim);

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Kiryat-Ba`al (the same is Kiryat-Ye`arim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - The border extended there, and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beit-Horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiryat-Ba`al (the same is Kiryat-Ye`arim), a city of the children of Yehudah: this was the west quarter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - The south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiryat-Ye`arim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nefto'ach;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - and Tzelah, Elef, and the Yevusi (the same is Yerushalayim), Giv`at, and Kiryat; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Binyamin according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12 - They went up, and encamped in Kiryat-Ye`arim, in Yehudah: therefore they called that place Machane-Dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiryat-Ye`arim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21 - They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiryat-Ye`arim, saying, The Pelishtim have brought back the ark of the LORD; come you down, and bring it up to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 - The men of Kiryat-Ye`arim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Avinadav in the hill, and sanctified El`azar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - It happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiryat-Ye`arim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Yisra'el lamented after the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These were the sons of Kalev, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Efratah: Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye`arim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:52 - Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye`arim had sons: Haro'e, half of the Menuchot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53 - The families of Kiryat-Ye`arim: The Yitri, and the Puti, and the Shumati, and the Mishra`i; of them came the Tzor`ati and the Eshta'uli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David assembled all Yisra'el together, from the Shichor the brook of Mitzrayim even to the entrance of Hamat, to bring the ark of God from Kiryat-Ye`arim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - David went up, and all Yisra'el, to Ba`alah, that is, to Kiryat-Ye`arim, which belonged to Yehudah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD that sits above the Keruvim, that is called by the Name.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiryat-Ye`arim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25 - The children of Kiryat-Arim, Kefirah, and Be'erot, seven hundred forty-three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - The men of Kiryat-Ye`arim, Kefirah, and Be'erot, seven hundred forty-three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - There was also a man who prophesied in the name of the LORD, Uriyah the son of Shemayah of Kiryat-Ye`arim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Yirmeyahu:
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