City, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh. 18:28), the modern Kuriet el-‘Enab, i.e., “city of grapes”, about 7 1/2 miles west-north-west of Jerusalem.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Kirjath
Name meaning: city; vocation; meeting (Hitchcock)
Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning
- H7157קִרְיַת יְעָרִיםQiryath YᵉʻârîymKirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine
- H7153קִרְיַת אַרְבַּעQiryath ʼArbaʻKirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
- H7158קִרְיַת סַנָּהQiryath ÇannâhKirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine
- H7154קִרְיַת בַּעַלQiryath BaʻalKirjath-Baal, a place in Palestine
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(a city), the last of the cities enumerated as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:28) probably identical with the better-known place Kirjath-jearim.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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