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Arba

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 3

Arba was remembered as "a great man among the Anakim," the legendary giant-clan of Canaan, and gave his name to Kiriath-arba, the city later renamed Hebron (Joshua 14:15; 15:13).

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Appears in 3

Reference	Verse
Joshua 14:15	And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Joshua 15:13	And 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.
Joshua 21:11	And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

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