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Reference: Kiriath-arba

Hastings

KIRIATH-ARBA is used as a name for Hebron (wh. see) in Ge 23:2 etc. Only in Ge 35:27 and Ne 11:25 is Arba' written with the article. The city may have been so called as the seat of a confederacy between four men or tribes, or the name may be = Tetrapolis, 'the city of four quarters.' The Heb. text explains it as 'the city of Arba,' 'the greatest man among the Anakim' (Jos 14:15 RV), or 'the father of Anak' (Jos 15:13; 21:11). In the first passage Septuagint reads 'the city Argob, the metropolis of the Anakim': in the second 'the city Arbok, metropolis,' etc. Perhaps in the last two, therefore, we should read '

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Gen 23:2

Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

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Gen 35:27

Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

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Josh 14:15

Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.

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Josh 15:13

Now he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of the LORD to Joshua, namely, Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron).

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Josh 21:11

Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands.

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Neh 11:25

Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

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