King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H7157 - Kirjath

Strong's No.:	H7157

Hebrew:	קִרְיַת יְעָרִים

Transliteration:	Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym

Phonetic:	keer-yath' yeh-aw-reem'

Word Origin:	Used in with the article interposed

Bible Usage:	{Kirjath} {Kirjath-jearim} Kirjath-arim.

Part of Speech:	Proper Name Location

Strongs Definition:	or in using simply the former part of the word; from H7151 and the plural of H3293 or H5892; city of {forests} or city of towns; Kirjath Jearim or Kirjath {Arim} a place in Palestine

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests" 1. a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin a. also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'

Bible References: Kirjath	Josh 9:17 Josh 15:9 Josh 15:60 Josh 18:14 Josh 18:15 Josh 18:28 Judg 18:12 Judg 18:12 1 Sam 6:21 1 Sam 7:1 1 Sam 7:2 1 Chr 2:50 1 Chr 2:52 1 Chr 2:53 1 Chr 13:6 Ezra 2:25 Neh 7:29

Translation Occurrences:	Kirjath ( 17 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.