kiryat-arba · Kiriath-arba

What it means

kiryat-arba (קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Kiriath-arba”.

The old name of Hebron. It means "city of Arba".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Genesis×4
• Joshua×10
• Judges×2
• Nehemiah×2

• Genesis 23:2

  Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

• Genesis 35:27

  Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had resided as aliens.

• Joshua 14:15

  Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba; he was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land became calm from war.

• Joshua 15:13

  And to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of YHWH to Joshua: Kiriath-arba, the father of Anak (that is Hebron).

• Joshua 15:54

  Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

• Joshua 20:7

  So they consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

• Joshua 21:11

  And they gave them Kiriath-arba (the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its pasturelands around it.

• Judges 1:10

  Judah went against the Canaanite who lived in Hebron (the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba), and they struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

• Nehemiah 11:25

  And as for the villages in their fields: some of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its settlements, in Dibon and its settlements, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

And 9 more times.