Go
Articles on

Joshua 21

Josh. 21:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
11
And theyb gave
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
them γthe city
qiryah (Hebrew #7151)
a city
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: kir-yaw'
Origin: from 7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
of Arba
Qiryath (Hebrew #7153)
from 7151 and 704 or 702; city of Arba, or city of the four (giants); Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Kirjath-arba.
Pronounce: `Arba`
Origin: or (with the article interposed) Qiryath ha- Arbaw (Neh. 11:25) {keer-yath' haw-ar-bah'}
'Arba` (Hebrew #704)
Arba, one of the Anakim
KJV usage: Arba.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: the same as 702
the father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
d of Anak
`Anaq (Hebrew #6061)
Anak, a Canaanite
KJV usage: Anak.
Pronounce: aw-nawk'
Origin: the same as 6060
, which city is Hebron
Chebrown (Hebrew #2275)
seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hebron.
Pronounce: kheb-rone'
Origin: from 2267
, in the hill
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
f country of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, with the suburbs
migrash (Hebrew #4054)
from 1644; a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea
KJV usage: cast out, suburb.
Pronounce: mig-rawsh'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine (Ezek. 27:28) migrashah {mig-raw-shaw'}
thereof round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
it.
b
1 Chron. 6:55• 55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. (1 Chron. 6:55)
γ
or, Kirjatharba,
Gen. 23:2• 2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. (Gen. 23:2)
.
d
Josh. 15:13‑14• 13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
 14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. (Josh. 15:13‑14)
f
Josh. 20:7• 7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. (Josh. 20:7)
,etc.;
Luke 1:39• 39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; (Luke 1:39)

More on:

+
Anak; Anakim,
Arba; Arbah,
Father,
Hebron,
Hill Country,
The Kingdom of Judah

Cross References

+
And they.
1 Chron. 6:55• 55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. (1 Chron. 6:55)
the city of Arba.
or, Kirjath-arba.
Josh. 15:13‑14,54• 13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
 14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
 54And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: (Josh. 15:13‑14,54)
;
Gen. 23:2• 2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. (Gen. 23:2)
;
Gen. 35:27• 27And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. (Gen. 35:27)
;
Judg. 1:10• 10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. (Judg. 1:10)
is Hebron.
2 Sam. 2:1‑3• 1And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
 2So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
 3And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. (2 Sam. 2:1‑3)
;
2 Sam. 5:1‑5• 1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
 2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.
 4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. (2 Sam. 5:1‑5)
;
2 Sam. 15:7• 7And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron. (2 Sam. 15:7)
in the hill.
Josh. 20:7‑9• 7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
 8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
 9These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. (Josh. 20:7‑9)
;
Luke 1:39• 39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; (Luke 1:39)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
11
and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, which Arba was the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountaina of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.

JND Translation Notes

+
a
Or "amongst the hills of." see however ver. 21.