H7153

Qiryath

keer-yath' ar-bah'

Proper Name Location

or (with the article interposed) Qiryath ha- Arbaw (Neh. 11:25) {keer-yath' haw-ar-bah'}; from H7151 and H704 or H702; city of Arba, or city of the four (giants); Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine:--Kirjath-arba.

Kirjath-arba = "city of Arba"

1. early name of the city which after the conquest was called 'Hebron'