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qir.yat ye.a.rim H7157

קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (qir.yat ye.a.rim) means “Kiriath-jearim” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

קִרְיַת יְעָרִים Hebrew · H7157 20 tagged occurrences in 19 verses

Pronunciation guide: keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7157

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'

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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; Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine

KJV glosses: Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.

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How translators render H7157

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
vvv 17
of kiriath-jearim 9
kiriath-jearim 4
and kiriath-jearim 2
at kiriath-jearim 2
from kiriath-jearim 2
from 1
that is kiriath-jearim 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of kirjathjearim 8
kirjathjearim 4
from kirjathjearim 2
in kirjathjearim 2
and kirjathjearim 1
kirjath 1
of kirjatharim 1
to kirjathjearim 1

Verses containing H7157

Page 1 of 1. 19 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Joshua 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

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  2. Joshua 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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  3. Joshua 15:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.

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  4. Joshua 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.

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  5. Joshua 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

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  6. Joshua 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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  7. Judges 18:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.

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  8. 1 Samuel 6:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”

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  9. 1 Samuel 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

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  10. 1 Samuel 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.

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  11. 1 Chronicles 2:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

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  12. 1 Chronicles 2:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

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  13. 1 Chronicles 2:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

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  14. 1 Chronicles 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

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  15. 1 Chronicles 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.

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  16. 2 Chronicles 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

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  17. Ezra 2:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

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  18. Nehemiah 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

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  19. Jeremiah 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

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