Kiriath-arba

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Kiriath-arba

Original word

קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע kirjath-arba, arbah

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Where Kiriath-arba appears in Scripture

Genesis 23

וַתָּמָת שָׂרָה בְּקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיָּבֹא אַבְרָהָם לִסְפֹּד לְשָׂרָה וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ׃

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

וַיָּבֹא יַֽעֲקֹב אֶל-יִצְחָק אָבִיו מַמְרֵא קִרְיַת הָֽאַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרוֹן אֲשֶׁר-גָּֽר-שָׁם אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָֽק׃

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Joshua 14

וְשֵׁם חֶבְרוֹן לְפָנִים קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הָֽאָדָם הַגָּדוֹל בָּֽעֲנָקִים הוּא וְהָאָרֶץ שָֽׁקְטָה מִמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

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

וְחֻמְטָה וְקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִיא חֶבְרוֹן וְצִיעֹר עָרִים תֵּשַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

Joshua 20

וַיַּקְדִּשׁוּ אֶת-קֶדֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל בְּהַר נַפְתָּלִי וְאֶת-שְׁכֶם בְּהַר אֶפְרָיִם וְאֶת-קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִיא חֶבְרוֹן בְּהַר יְהוּדָֽה׃

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

וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אֶל-הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּחֶבְרוֹן וְשֵׁם-חֶבְרוֹן לְפָנִים קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע וַיַּכּוּ אֶת-שֵׁשַׁי וְאֶת-אֲחִימַן וְאֶת-תַּלְמָֽי׃

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

וְאֶל-הַֽחֲצֵרִים בִּשְׂדֹתָם מִבְּנֵי יְהוּדָה יָֽשְׁבוּ בְּקִרְיַת הָֽאַרְבַּע וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וּבְדִיבֹן וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵל וַֽחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ׃

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,