Kirjath in the Bible

Meaning: city; vocation; meeting

Exact Match

And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

Verse ConceptsGriefLossSorrowWeepingMourning The Death Of OthersDeath

And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre to Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron; where Abraham had sojourned, and Isaac.

Verse ConceptsSojourning

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjath-huzoth.

And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjath-aim,

And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekCities In Israel

and Kirjath-aim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mountain of the valley,

Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim. And the land rested from war.

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalGiantsTime Of Peace

and the border reached along from the top of the mountain toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out toward the cities of mount Ephron; and the border reached along to Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim;

And from there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

Verse ConceptsThe Nations Attacked

and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, that is, Debir,

and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets.

Verse ConceptsNine Creatures

Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.

Verse ConceptsTwo Cities

And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side.

Verse ConceptsWestern Borders

And the south side was from the extreme end of Kirjath-jearim, And the border went out on the west, And went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

Verse ConceptsSouthern Border

And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfFourteen

And they hallowed Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill-country of Judah.

Verse ConceptsHills

and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, which Arba was the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.

and Judah goeth unto the Canaanite who is dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron formerly is Kirjath-Arba), and they smite Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

And he goeth thence unto the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir formerly is Kirjath-Sepher),

and Caleb saith, 'He who smiteth Kirjath-Sepher -- and hath captured it -- then I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'

Verse ConceptsThe Nations Attacked

And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, 'Camp of Dan,' till this day; lo, behind Kirjath-Jearim.

Verse ConceptsGiven Names To This Day

And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of Jehovah; come down, fetch it up to you.

And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and hallowed Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodArk Of The Covenant, EventsThe Ark Moved Around

And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

Verse Concepts20 To 30 YearsStaying A Long Time

These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,

Verse ConceptsFirstborn Sons

And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, Hazi-Hammenuhoth.

And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites.

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its open lands, and Hammon with its open lands, and Kirjath-aim with its open lands.

And David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

Verse ConceptsAssembling Israel

And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, of Jehovah, who sitteth between the cherubim, whose name is placed there.

Verse ConceptsJudgment Seat

But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had spread a tent for it at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsTentsThe Ark In Jerusalem

The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine Hundred

The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine Hundred

And as to the hamlets in their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath-Arba and its dependent villages, and in Dibon and its dependent villages, and in Jekabzeel and its dependent villages,

And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim: and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah;

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain