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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34176" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34176" /> == | ||
<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> | <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" /> == | ||
<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 | <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> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71459" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71459" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_762" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_762" /> == | ||
<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 ''''' ( 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', אִרְבִּע '', Four,'' but see Simonis ''Onom. V. T | <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" /> == | ||
