Lexicon / H0704
אַרְבַּע
ar.ba
  • Arba
  • fourfold city

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Arba

A man of the Anakim, living before Israel's Monarchy. first mentioned at Jos.14.15

§ Arba = "fourth"

1) the father of Anak and the greatest of the giants (Anakim)

2) see qir.yat ar.ba (קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע "Kiriath-arba" H7153) if translated "city of Arba"

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: fourfold city

קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע n.pr.loc fourfold city . older name of Hebron (prob. =)