International Standard Bible Encyclopedia KIRIATHkir'-i-ath (qiryath, "city"; the King James Version Kirjath): Mentioned (Joshua 18:28) as a city of Benjamin; has been identified with Kuriet el `Enab, "town of grapes," a prosperous town on the highroad between Jerusalem and Jaffa; it is sometimes spoken of by the inhabitants as Qurieh. It is, however, generally thought that Kiriath here stands for KIRIATH-JEARIM (which see). See P E F, III, 132, Sh XVII. Strong's Hebrew 7154. Qiryath Baal -- "city of Baal," another name for Kiriath ...... "city of Baal," another name for Kiriath-jearim. Transliteration: Qiryath Baal Phonetic Spelling: (keer-yath' bah'-al) Short Definition: Kiriath-baal. ... /hebrew/7154.htm - 6k 8126. Shumathi -- a family of Kiriath-jearim 4954. Mishrai -- a family of Kiriath-jearim 7157. Qiryath Yearim -- "city of forests," a city given to Judah ... 7158. Qiryath Sannah -- "city of writing," a city in Judah 7153. Qiryath Arba -- "city of the four," an older name of Hebron 7155. Qiryath Chutsoth -- "city of streets," a city in Moab Library Emmaus. Kiriath-Jearim. From the Talmud and Hebraica The Book of Jubilees The Witness of Balaam to Israel From Megiddo to Carchemish, 608-605. The Greek Versions as Aids to Biblical Study. Thesaurus Kiriath (34 Occurrences)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia KIRIATH. ... It is, however, generally thought that Kiriath here stands for KIRIATH-JEARIM (which see). See PEF, III, 132, Sh XVII. ... /k/kiriath.htm - 17k Kiriath-arba (9 Occurrences) Kiriath-sepher (4 Occurrences) Kiriath-baal (2 Occurrences) Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences) Kiriath-sannah (1 Occurrence) Kiriath-huzoth (1 Occurrence) Kiriath-arim (1 Occurrence) Kir'iath-je'arim (18 Occurrences) Jearim (19 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Kiriath (34 Occurrences)Genesis 23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Genesis 35:27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners. Numbers 22:39 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth. Joshua 9:17 The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. Joshua 14:15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war. Joshua 15:9 The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim); Joshua 15:13 To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron). Joshua 15:15 He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher. Joshua 15:16 Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife." Joshua 15:49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (which is Debir), Joshua 15:54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages. Joshua 15:60 Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages. Joshua 18:14 The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter. Joshua 18:15 The south quarter was from the farthest part of Kiriath Jearim. The border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. Joshua 20:7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. Joshua 21:11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it. Judges 1:10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. Judges 1:11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.) Judges 1:12 Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife." Judges 18:12 They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim. 1 Samuel 6:21 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come down, and bring it up to yourselves." 1 Samuel 7:1 The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh. 1 Samuel 7:2 It happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh. 1 Chronicles 2:50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, 1 Chronicles 2:52 Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. 1 Chronicles 2:53 The families of Kiriath Jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 1 Chronicles 13:5 So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. 1 Chronicles 13:6 David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Yahweh that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name. 2 Chronicles 1:4 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. Ezra 2:25 The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three. Nehemiah 7:29 The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three. Nehemiah 11:25 As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, and in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, Jeremiah 26:20 There was also a man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: Subtopics Related Terms Kiriath-sepher (4 Occurrences) Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences) Kir'iath-je'arim (18 Occurrences) Kir'iath-ar'ba (9 Occurrences) Kir'iath-ba'al (2 Occurrences) Kir'iath-se'pher (4 Occurrences) Kir'iath-san'nah (1 Occurrence) Kir'iath-hu'zoth (1 Occurrence) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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