H7157 קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym — Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine
KJV: Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.
Built from קִרְיָה qiryâh (building) + יַעַר yaʻar (a copse of bushes) + עִיר ʻîyr (a city) — means “city of forests, or city of towns”
Occurs 39 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- קִרְיַת יְעָרִים n.pr.loc. (city of forests);—city of the Gibeonites, assigned to Judah, on border of Benj.; called also קִרְיַת בַּעַל
Where it occurs
- Joshua 9:17 — The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah…
- Joshua 15:9 — The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of…
- Joshua 15:60 — Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 18:14 — The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon…
- Joshua 18:15 — The south quarter was from the farthest part of Kiriath Jearim. The border went out westward, and went out to the…
- Joshua 18:28 — Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is…
- Judges 18:12 — They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold…
- 1 Samuel 6:21 — They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the LORD’s ark…
- 1 Samuel 7:1 — The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took the LORD’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and…
- 1 Samuel 7:2 — From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long—for it was twenty years; and all the house of…