Quick Definition
Kiriath-jearim
Biblical Persons & Places
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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (qir.yat ye.a.rim) — Kiriath-jearim.
§ 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'
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · קִרְיָה · יַעַר
Names of Locations | ≈ בַּעֲלָה · בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה · קִרְיַת בַּעַל
Kiriath-Jearim = town, also known as Kiriath-Baal, Baalah, and Baale-Judah; ◄ located in the hill country; territory of Judah; ► one of the four Hivite cities that made a covenant with Joshua
JOS 9:17 · JOS 15:9 · JOS 15:60 · JOS 18:14 · JOS 18:15 · JDG 18:12 · JDG 18:12 · 1SA 6:21 · 1SA 7:1 · 1SA 7:2 · 1CH 2:50 · 1CH 2:52 · 1CH 2:53 · 1CH 13:5 · 1CH 13:6 · 2CH 1:4 · EZR 2:25 · NEH 7:29 · JER 26:20
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים n.pr.loc. (city of forests);—city of the Gibeonites, assigned to Judah, on border of Benj.; called also קִרְיַת בַּעַל base