Quick Definition
Kiriath-jearim
Biblical Persons & Places
Kiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim
A location first mentioned at Jos.9.17;
referred to as Kiriath-jearim or Kiriath-jearim (KJV= Kirjath, NIV= Kiriath) or Kiriath-arim (NIV= Kiriath Jearim) (קִרְיַת יְעָרִים), or Kiriath-baal (NIV= Kiriath Baal) (קִרְיַת בַּעַל), or Baalah (בַּעֲלָה), or Baale-judah (KJV= Baale of Judah, NIV= Baalah in Judah) (בַּעֲלָה יְהוּדָה), or Jaar (יַ֫עַר).
Strong's Definition
Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine
Derivation: or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קִרְיַת עָרִים; from H7151 (קִרְיָה) and the plural of H3293 (יַעַר) or H5892 (עִיר); city of forests, or city of towns;
KJV Usage: Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests"
1) a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin
1a) also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ 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'
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קִרְיַת עָרִים / קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
qiryath ye‛ârý̂ym / qiryath ‛ârý̂ym
BDB Definition:
Kirjath-jearim = city of forests
1) a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin
1a) also Kirjath-baal and Baalah
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7151 and the plural of H3293 or H5892
Total KJV Occurrences: 20