arba definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Araba A*ra"ba, n. [Written also aroba and arba.] [Ar. or Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.] A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and ... him the city of Hebron derived its name of Kirjath-arba, i.e., the city of Araba (Josh. 14:15; 15 ... 23:2). (See HEBRON.) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ar'-ba ('arba`, "four"): Variously described as "the greatest man among the Anakim ...
Kirjath-arba definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name — see Hebron Hitchcock Bible ... of four; fourth city Easton's Bible Dictionary city of Arba, the original name of Hebron (q.v.), so called from ... kur-jath-ar'-ba, kir-jath-ar'-ba. See KIRIATH-ARBA.
Hebron definitions Merriam Webster's or ancient Kirjath-arba geographical name city West Bank SSW of Jerusalem; governed by ... ancient cities in the world. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 14:15; 15:3). But "Hebron ... Abraham's stay there that it received the name Kirjath-arba, who [i.e., Arba] was not the founder but the conqueror of the city ...
... in Egypt (Nu 13:22); its ancient name was Kiriath-arba, probably meaning the "Four Cities," perhaps because divided at one ... According to Jos 15:13 it was so called after Arba, the father of Anak. 1. Patriarchal Period: Abram came and ... the ruins of a medieval building known as Der el-Arba`in, the "monastery of the forty" (martyrs) about whom the ...
... the 19th century, pointed to the hill of Deir el Arba`in (see HEBRON) as that of Mamre, relying especially, no ... site of Mamre must have been nearer to Deir el Arba`in, but it has probably been entirely lost since very ...
... is stated in Jos (15:13; 21:11) to be Arba after whom Hebron was called "the city of Arba." Jos "cut off the Anakim .... from Hebron, from Debir, from ...
... Anakim as a clan or group of clans, who regarded Arba as their founder. The question is raised whether Ahiman and ... that they were personal leaders among the Anakim of Kiriath-arba (Hebron). They were smitten and dispossessed by the tribe of ...
... Dictionary Araba A*ra"ba, n. [Written also aroba and arba.] [Ar. or Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.] A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and ...
... Dictionary Araba A*ra"ba, n. [Written also aroba and arba.] [Ar. or Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.] A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and ...
... worn by them the world over, the Tallith and the 'arba` kanephoth (see DCG, article "Dress," col. 1). Jews who affect ... in Christ's time. As the earliest mention of the 'arba` kanephoth is in 1350 AD, it is clear that it ...