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== 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> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49632" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49632" /> == | ||
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== 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> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30482" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30482" /> == | ||
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== 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> | ||
== 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> | ||
== 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> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14887" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14887" /> == | ||
