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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15389" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15389" /> == | ||
<p> An ancestor of the Anakim, and founder of Hebron, to which he gave its ancient name, | <p> An ancestor of the Anakim, and founder of Hebron, to which he gave its ancient name, Joshua 15:13 . </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30482" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30482" /> == | ||
Joshua 14:1515:1321:11Genesis 13:1823:2[[Hebron]] | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34176" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34176" /> == | ||
<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> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38650" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38650" /> == | ||
Joshua 14:15Joshua 15:13 | |||
== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_44927" /> == | == Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_44927" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49632" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49632" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> ARBA </strong> is named ‘the father of the Anak’ in | <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> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69483" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69483" /> == | ||
<p | <p> Arba. [[Genesis]] 35:27. See Hebron. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71459" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71459" /> == | ||
<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> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_762" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_762" /> == | ||
<p> '''''ar´ba''''' ( | <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> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14887" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14887" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20619" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20619" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Arba', | <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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