Quick Definition
Kiriath-arba
Strong's Definition
Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
Derivation: or (with the article interposed) קִרְיַת הָאַרְבַּע; (Nehemiah 11:25), from H7151 (קִרְיָה) and H704 (אַרְבַּע) or H702 (אַרְבַּע); city of Arba, or city of the four (giants);
KJV Usage: Kirjath-arba.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Kirjath-arba = "city of Arba"
1) early name of the city which after the conquest was called 'Hebron'
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע (qir.yat ar.ba) — Kiriath-arba. Kirjath-arba = "city of Arba" early name of the city which after the conquest was called 'Hebron' Another name of chev.ron (חֶבְרוֹן "Hebron" H2275A)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע n.pr.loc. older name of Hebron (prob. = fourfold city) base
