Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
Kiriath-jearim
Usage: § Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests" a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'
Qiryathyearim means “Kirjath” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7157 קִריַת יְעָרִים קִריַת עָרִים is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Qiryath Y`ariym (keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem') (or (Jer. 26) n/l. 1. city of forests, or city of towns 2. Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Israel It has 19 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include kirjathjearim, city, and kirjatharim. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Qiryath Y`ariym (keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem') (or (Jer. 26) n/l. 1. city of forests, or city of towns 2. Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Israel [from H7151 and the plural of H3293 or H5892] KJV: Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim. Root(s): H7151, H3293, H5892
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Kiriath-jearim
Usage: § Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests" a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'
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19 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7157.
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.
And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
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Qiryathyearim (Strong's H7157) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Kirjath". Qiryath Y`ariym (keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem') (or (Jer. 26) n/l. 1. city of forests, or city of towns 2. Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Israel
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's H7157 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7157 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as kirjathjearim, city, and kirjatharim. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.