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Lexicon :: Strong's H7157 - qiryaṯ yᵊʿārîm

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קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
Transliteration
qiryaṯ yᵊʿārîm
Pronunciation
keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

קִרְיַת יְעָרִים Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym, keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem'; or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קִרְיַת עָרִים Qiryath ʻÂrîym; from H7151 and the plural of H3293 or H5892; city of forests, or city of towns; Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine:—Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7157 in the following manner: Kirjathjearim (19x), Kirjath (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7157 in the following manner: Kirjathjearim (19x), Kirjath (1x).
  1. Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests"

    1. a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin

      1. also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym, keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem'; or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קִרְיַת עָרִים Qiryath ʻÂrîym; from H7151 and the plural of H3293 or H5892; city of forests, or city of towns; Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine:—Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.
STRONGS H7157: Abbreviations
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים proper name, of a location πόλ(ε)ις Ιαρειμ[ν], Καριαθιαρειμ, etc. (city of forests); — city of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:17, assigned to Judah Joshua 15:60 compare Judges 18:12 (twice in verse), on border of Benjamin Joshua 15:9 (הַר־יְעָרִים [H3297 Joshua 15:10], Greek Version of the LXX πόλιν Ιαρειν, see יְעָרִים), Joshua 18:14; assigned to Benjamin Joshua 18:28 (יְעָרִים omitted by textual error before עָרִים, see Greek Version of the LXX); near Beth Shemesh 1 Samuel 6:21, long the abode of ark 1 Samuel 7:1, 2; 1 Chronicles 13:5, 6; 2 Chronicles 1:4; named in Genealogical list 1 Chronicles 2:50, 52, 53; named also Nehemiah 7:29 = עָרִים ק׳ Ezra 2:25 (read יְעָרִים); with article הַיְּעָרִים ק׳ Jeremiah 26:20; abbreviated (in poetry) (שְׂדֵיֿ) יָ֑עַר Psalm 132:6; called also קִרְיַתבַּֿעַל (Καριαθβααλ) [H7154 Joshua 15:60; Joshua 18:14] + Joshua 18:15 (where read for יְעָרִים ק׳, so Greek Version of the LXX Di Benn Steuern); this abbreviated into בַּעֲלָה, [H1173 Joshua 15:9, 10] [(Ιε)βααλ], also [H1173 Joshua 15:11; Joshua 15:29], and מִבַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה [H1184 2 Samuel 6:2] (read בַּעַל יְה׳, or בַּעֲלַת יְה׳), בַּעֲלָ֑תָה || 1 Chronicles 13:6 (see on these II. H1173 בַּעֲלָה). Identification uncertain; RobBR ii. 11 conjectures Kiryat el-`Enab, 8 miles + west of Jerusalem (compare Καριαθιαρειμ LagOnom. 271); `Erma (HendersonPal. 85, 112, 210 ConderSurvey Mem. iii. 43 ff.), compare GASmGeogr. 225 f. BuhlGeogr. 166 f..
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

9:17; 15:9; 15:60; 18:14; 18:15; 18:28

Judges

18:12

1 Samuel

6:21; 7:1; 7:2

1 Chronicles

2:50; 2:52; 2:53; 13:5; 13:6; 13:6

2 Chronicles

1:4

Ezra

2:25

Nehemiah

7:29

Psalms

132:6

Jeremiah

26:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7157 matches the Hebrew קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (qiryaṯ yᵊʿārîm),
which occurs 39 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:17 - Then the sons of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim H7157.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - And from the top of the mountain the border turned to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, then the border turned to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim H7157).
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 -

Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim H7157), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - And the border changed direction from there and turned around on the west side southward, from the hill which lies opposite Beth-horon southward; and [fn]it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim H7157), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim H7157, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath H7157; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12 - They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim H7157 in Judah. Therefore they called that place [fn]Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is [fn]west of Kiriath-jearim H7157.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21 - So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim H7157, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the ark of the LORD; come down and take it up to yourselves.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 -

And the men of Kiriath-jearim H7157 came and took the ark of the LORD and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and they [fn]consecrated his son Eleazar to watch over the ark of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim H7157, the [fn]time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel [fn]mourned after the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These were the sons of Caleb.

The [fn]sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim H7157,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:52 - Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim H7157 had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53 - and the families of Kiriath-jearim H7157: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 -

So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim H7157.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim H7157, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the LORD who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His name is called.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim H7157 [fn]to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25 - the sons of [fn]Kiriath-arim H7157, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - the men of [fn]Kiriath-jearim H7157, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 -

Indeed, there was also a man who used to prophesy in the name of the LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim H7157; and he prophesied against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah.

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