Lexical Summary Qiryath Arba or Qiryath Haarba: "city of the four", an older name of Hebron Original Word: קִרְיַת אַרְבַּעTransliteration: Qiryath Arba or Qiryath Haarba Phonetic Spelling: (keer-yath' ar-bah') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "city of the four", an older name of Hebron Meaning: Kiriath-arba -- "city of the four", an older name of Hebron Strong's Concordance Kirjath-arba Or (with the article interposed) Qiryath ha- Arbaw (Neh. 11:25) {keer-yath' haw-ar-bah'}; from qiryah and Arba' or arba'; city of Arba, or city of the four (giants); Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine -- Kirjath-arba. see HEBREW qiryah see HEBREW Arba' see HEBREW arba' Brown-Driver-Briggs H7153. Qiryath Arba or Qiryath Haarba אַרְבַּע קִרְיַת proper name, of a location older name of Hebron; πόλις Αρβο(κ), Καρ(ι)αθαρβοκ, etc. (probably = fourfold city (otherwise Joshua 14:15; 15:13; 21:11), see especially GFM); — 14:15 (J E D), Judges 1:10b (׳ק אַרְבַּ֑ע), also Genesis 23:2; Joshua 15:13, 54; 20:7; 21:11 (all P); ׳ק ׳הָא Genesis 35:27 (P) Nehemiah 11:25. — see חֶבְרוֺן. |