Strong's Hebrew · H7153
קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע
Qiryath ʼArbaʻ · keer-yath' ar-bah'
DefinitionKirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
Derivationor (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);
KJV usageKirjath-arba.
Occurrences7 in the KJV · 7 verses
קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע in Scripture
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 15:54
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.
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,