Kirjath-arba
KIRJATH-ARBA
See HEBRON.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Kirjath-Arba
(Hebrew Kiryath’- Aba’, , city of Arba ; Sept. , Gen 23:2; Jdg 14:15; Jdg 15:13; Jdg 20:7; , Jos 21:11; Jdg 1:10; , Gen 35:27; once with the art. , Kiryath’-ha-Arba’; Septuag. v. r. , Neh 11:25; Auth. Vers. ” city of Arba,” in Gen 35:27; Jos 15:13; Jos 21:11), the ori alame fHrnc, in the mountains of Judah, so called from its founder, one of the Anakim, and inhabited under the same name after the exile. Hengstenberg, however, thinks that Hebron was the earlier name, and Kirjath-Arba only was imposed by the Canaanites (Beitr. 3:187). Sir John AMandevillo (cir. 1322) found it still ” called by the Saracens Karicarba, and by the Jews Arbotha” (Early Travels, p. 161), It is a Jewish gloss (first mentioned by Jerome) which interprets the latter part of the name ( arba, Heb. “four”) as referring to the four great meil buried there (the saints Adam, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; so the Talmud, see Keil. ad loc.; or the giants Anak, Ahiman, Sheshai, and Tolmai, according to Bochart, Canan, i, 1).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Kirjath-arba
city of Arba, the original name of Hebron (q.v.), so called from the name of its founder, one of the Anakim (Gen. 23:2; 35:27; Josh. 15:13). It was given to Caleb by Joshua as his portion. The Jews interpret the name as meaning “the city of the four”, i.e., of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Adam, who were all, as they allege, buried there.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Kirjath Arba
“the city of Arba” the Anakite (Gen 13:18; Gen 23:2; Jos 14:15; Jos 15:54; Jos 20:7; Jos 21:11; Neh 11:25). Hebron was the original name, then Mamre (“the sacred grove near the town”), then Kirjath Caleb restored the name Hebron. (See HEBRON.)
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Kirjath-Arba
The city of four; Arba, four, being joined to it, Jos 15:13.
See Cities of Refuge.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Kirjath-Arba
kur-jath-arba, kir-jath-arba. See KIRIATH-ARBA.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Kirjath-Arba
H7153
An early name of Hebron.
Gen 23:2; Jos 14:15; Jdg 1:10
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Kirjath-arba
Kirjath-arba (kir’jath-r’bah), R. V., Kiriath-arba. The city of Arba, Arba being its founder, or the city of FourAbraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Adam having been buried thereis mentioned Gen 23:2; Gen 35:27; Jos 14:15; Jos 15:13; Jos 15:54; Jos 20:7; Jos 21:11; Jdg 1:10; Neh 11:25. See Hebron and Mamre.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Kirjath-arba
Kir’jath-ar’ba. (the city of Arba). An early name of the city which, after the conquest, is generally known as Hebron. Jos 14:15; Jdg 1:10. The identity of Kirjath-arba with Hebron is constantly asserted. Gen 23:2; Gen 35:27; Jos 14:15; Jos 15:13; Jos 15:54; Jos 20:7; Jos 21:11.