Arba
Mentioned 1443–1442 BC traditional (Jones)
Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Joshua 14:15.
Compiled from the tagged verses.
- Mentioned in the era of the Judges, 1450–1051 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Anak, Caleb, Jephunneh, and Joshua.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Arba, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Hebron3
- location unknown: Judah1
- location not graded: Kiriath-arba1
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1468–1417 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
3 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Arba 3 |
| KJV | Arba 3 |
| ASV | Arba 3 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Joshua3 verses
- 14:15
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
- 15:13
According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
- 21:11
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)