Kirjath-Arba

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Kirjath-arba ( Kir'Jath-Är'Bah ), R. V., Kiriath-Arba. The city of Arba, Arba being its founder, or the city of Four—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Adam having been buried there—is mentioned  Genesis 23:2;  Genesis 35:27;  Joshua 14:15;  Joshua 15:13;  Joshua 15:54;  Joshua 20:7;  Joshua 21:11;  Judges 1:10;  Nehemiah 11:25. See Hebron and Mamre.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Kir'jath-ar'ba. (The City Of Arba). An early name of the city which, after the conquest, is generally known as Hebron .  Joshua 14:15;  Judges 1:10. The identity of Kirjath-arba with Hebron is constantly asserted.  Genesis 23:2;  Genesis 35:27;  Joshua 14:15;  Joshua 15:13;  Joshua 15:54;  Joshua 20:7;  Joshua 21:11.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The city of four; Arba, four, being joined to it,  Joshua 15:13.

See Cities of Refuge.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 23:2 35:27 Joshua 15:13

Holman Bible Dictionary

Kiriath-Arba

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

See Hebron .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Kiryath'- Aba', אִרְבִּע קרְיִת , City Of Arba; Sept. Πόλις Ἀρβόκ ,  Genesis 23:2;  Judges 14:15;  Judges 15:13;  Judges 20:7; Καριαθαρβόκ ,  Joshua 21:11;  Judges 1:10; Πόλις Τοῦ Πεδίου ,  Genesis 35:27; once with the art. קַרְיִת הָאִרְבִּע , Kiryath'-Ha-Arba'; Septuag. Καριαθαρβό v. r. Καριαθαρβόκ ,  Nehemiah 11:25; Auth. Vers. " city of Arba," in  Genesis 35:27;  Joshua 15:13;  Joshua 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 ( אִרְבִּע 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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kûr - jath - ar´ba , kir - jath - ar´ba . See Kiriath-Arba .