KJV King James Version
And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba; [which Arba was] a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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Joshua 14:15
And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba; [which Arba was] a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
WEB World English Bible
Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.
ASV American Standard Version
Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the name of Hebron formerly is Kirjath-Arba (he is the great man among the Anakim); and the land hath rest from war.
Surrounding context — Joshua 14
12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims [were] there, and [that] the cities [were] great [and] fenced: if so be the LORD [will be] with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
15 And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjatharba; [which Arba was] a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְשֵׁ֨םH8034 · shemnameחֶבְר֤וֹןH2275 · chev.ronHebronלְפָנִים֙H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeקִרְיַ֣תH7153 · qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arbaאַרְבַּ֔עH7153 · qir.yat ar.baKiriath-arbaהָאָדָ֧םH120 · a.dammanהַגָּד֛וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeבָּעֲנָקִ֖יםH6062 · a.na.qiAnakiteה֑וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְהָאָ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetשָׁקְטָ֖הH8252 · sha.qatto quietמִמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ פH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattle
Cross-references
Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.Judges 3:11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.Joshua 15:13And 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.Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but [let] them that love him [be] as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.Judges 8:28Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.Judges 3:30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
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