Kirjath
Kirjath
(Jos 18:28). SEE KIRJATH-JEARIM; also the following names, of which this is the first part.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Kirjath
city, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh. 18:28), the modern Kuriet el-‘Enab, i.e., “city of grapes”, about 7 1/2 miles west-north-west of Jerusalem.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Kirjath
A city, Jos 18:28.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Kirjath
kurjath, kirjath. See KIRIATH.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Kirjath
Kirjath. This word means town or city, and is much used in the formation of names of places, like our own town. The following are the principal places distinguished by this term:
Kir-Jathaim
KirJathaim (double town), one of the most ancient towns in the country east of the Jordan, as it was possessed by the gigantic Emim (Gen 14:5), who were expelled by the Moabites (Deu 2:9-10), who in their turn were dispossessed by the Amorites, from whom it was taken by the Israelites. Kir-jathaim was then assigned to Reuben (Num 32:37; Jos 13:19). But during the Assyrian exile the Moabites again took possession of this and other towns (Jer 48:1-23; Eze 25:9). Eusebius places it about half an hour west of the ruins of Medeba. There was another place of this name in the tribe of Naphtali (1Ch 6:76).
Kirjath-Arba
Kirjath-Arba, the ancient name of Hebron, but still in use in the time of Nehemiah (Neh 11:25) [HEBRON].
Kirjath-Baal
Kirjath-Baal (city of Baal). This city is more usually called Kirjath-Jearim.
Kirjath-Huzoth
Kirjath-Huzoth (city of streets), a town in Moab (Num 22:39).
Kirjath-Jearim
Kirjath-Jearim (city of forests), one of the towns of the Gibeonites (Jos 9:17). It was to this place that the Ark was brought from Bethshemesh, after it had been removed from the land of the Philistines, and where it remained till removed to Jerusalem by David (1 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 13). This was one of the ancient sites which were again inhabited after the exile (Ezr 2:25; Neh 7:29). Eusebius and Jerome speak of it as being in their day a village nine or ten miles from Diospolis (Lydda), on the road to Jerusalem. Dr. Robinson thinks it possible that the ancient Kirjath-jearim may be recognized in the present Kuryet-el-Enab. The close correspondence of name and position seems to warrant this conclusion. This place is that which ecclesiastical tradition has identified with the Anathoth of Jeremiah, which Dr. Robinson refers to Anata [ANATHOTH]. It is now a poor village, its principal buildings being an old convent of the Minorites, and a Latin church. The latter is now deserted, but not in ruins, and is said to be one of the largest and most solidly constructed churches in Palestine (Robinson, ii 109; 334-337).
Kirjath-Sannah
Kirjath-Sannah (city of palms; Jos 15:49), otherwise Kirjath-sepher (city of the book), a city of the tribe of Judah, called also Debir, which see (Jos 15:15-16; Jdg 1:11-12).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Kirjath
[Kir-jath] See KIRJATH-JEARIM.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Kirjath
Kir’jath. (a city). The last of the cities enumerated as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:28, probably identical with the better-known place Kirjath-jearim.