Difference between revisions of "Arba"

        <p> An ancestor of the Anakim, and founder of Hebron, to which he gave its ancient name, Joshua 15:13 . </p>

        Joshua 14:15 15:13 21:11 [[Genesis]] 13:18 23:2[[Hebron]] <p> </p>

        <p> ( 'Αr Βaal "hero of Baal".) Progenitor of the Anakim. From him their city [[Hebron]] got its name, [[Kirjath]] Arba ( Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 21:11). Hebron it was first called, then Mamre, then Kirjath Arba, then it resumed its first name ( [[Genesis]] 13:18; Genesis 23:2). </p>

        Joshua 14:15 Joshua 15:13 <p> </p>

        <p> <strong> ARBA </strong> is named ‘the father of the Anak’ in Joshua 14:15 (so read also Joshua 21:11 , cf. Joshua 15:13 ). This means simply that he was the founder of the city which bore his name; that is Kiriath-arba, later [[Hebron]] (wh. see), where was a chief seat of the Anakim. </p> <p> J. F. McCurdy. </p>

        <p> Arba. [[Genesis]] 35:27. See Hebron. </p>

        <p> Ar'ba. (city of the four). The progenitor of the Anakim, or sons of Anak, from whom their chief city, Hebron, received its name of Kirjath-Arba. Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 21:11. </p>

        <p> '''''ar´ba''''' ( ארבע , <i> ''''''arba‛''''' </i> , "four"): Variously described as "the greatest man among the Anakim" ( Joshua 14:15 ), "the father of Anak" ( Joshua 15:13 ), "the father of Anok" ( Joshua 21:11 margin). Thus he seems to have been regarded as the ancestor of the Anakim, and as the most famous hero of that race. He was the reputed founder of the city called after him, on the site of which [[Hebron]] was built ( Joshua 21:11 ). </p>

        <p> Ar´ba [HEBRON]. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

        <p> (Heb. Arba', אִרְבִּע , four, but see Simonis Onom. V. T. p. 312 sq.; Sept. Ἀρβόκ v. r. Ἀργόβ ), a giant, father of Anak (q.v.), from whom [[Hebron]] (q.v.) derived its early name of KIRJATH-ARBA (See [[Kirjath-Arba]]) , i.e. city of Arba ( Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 21:11). B.C. ante 1618. See GIANT. </p>

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        <ref name="term_34176"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/arba Arba from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

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        <ref name="term_44927"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/arba Arba from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref>

        <ref name="term_49632"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/arba Arba from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_69483"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/arba Arba from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_71459"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/arba Arba from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_762"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/arba Arba from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

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