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Arba

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The Korean Revised Version names him at Joshua 14:15: after saying that the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, it says that Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. WEB names him only in the name Kiriath Arba; it says, “Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim.” Joshua 15:13 in the Korean Revised Version says of Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), given to Caleb as a portion, that Arba was the father of Anak; WEB names Arba only in Kiriath Arba, “named after the father of Anak”.

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JOS 14:13–15, engwebp
¹³Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
¹⁴Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
¹⁵Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.
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JOS 15:13–14, engwebp
¹³He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
¹⁴Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
⁹They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
¹⁰and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
¹¹They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
¹²But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
¹³To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
¹⁴Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
¹⁵Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
¹⁶Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
¹⁷Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
¹⁸Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
¹⁹All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
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Arba — Father of — Anak

Evidence: Joshua 15:13–14, Joshua 21:9–19

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Joshua 14:15 Open that verse

Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.

Joshua 15:13 Open that verse

He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).

Joshua 21:11 Open that verse

They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

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Entry: Arba (person-arba)
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Current wording: The Korean Revised Version names him at Joshua 14:15: after saying that the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, it says that Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. WEB names him only in the name Kiriath Arba; it says, “Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim.” Joshua 15:13 in the Korean Revised Version says of Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), given to Caleb as a portion, that Arba was the father of Anak; WEB names Arba only in Kiriath Arba, “named after the father of Anak”.
Cited evidence: JOS 14:13–15, engwebp / JOS 15:13–14, engwebp / JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
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