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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(one of four). A forefather of
Anak
(
Josh. 14:15; 15:13; 21:11
15
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. (Joshua 14:15)
13
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. (Joshua 15:13)
11
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. (Joshua 21:11)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Father
of
Anak
,
head
of
the
Anakim
, who were
also
giants (
Numb. 13:33
33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. (Numbers 13:33)
). Their
city
was
Hebron
(
Gen. 35:27
27
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. (Genesis 35:27)
;
Josh. 14:15
15
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. (Joshua 14:15)
;
Josh. 15:13
13
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. (Joshua 15:13)
;
Josh. 21:11
11
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. (Joshua 21:11)
). The “city of Arba” is elsewhere called
KIRJATH-ARBA
, which was afterward called HEBRON.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
704
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’Arba`
Phonic:
ar-bah’
Meaning:
the same as
702
; Arba, one of the Anakim
KJV Usage:
Arba
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
four
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
A giant; square; four:― [KIRJATH-ARBA or HEBRON], Gen. 35:27. {Gigas; quadratum}
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