(city of the four), the progenitor of the Anakim, or sons of Anak, from whom their chief city, Hebron, received its name of Kirjath-Arba. (Joshua 14:15; 15:13; 21:11)
ARBA( Arbe), an island off the coast of Illyria. (Plin. Nat. 3.21.25.) Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.16[17]. § 13...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
four ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Four, a giant, father of Anak. From him the city of Hebron derived its name of Kirjath-arba, i.e., t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
city of four; fourth city ...
City of Arba, the original name of Hebron (q.v.), so called from the name of its founder, one of the...