קִרְיַת יְעָרִיםQiryath Yᵉʻârîym

Meanings

Same root

• קִרְיָהqiryâh · H7151building; a city
• יַעַרyaʻar · H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
• עִירʻîyr · H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Where it appears

Appears 39 times in the Bible.

• Joshua 9:17 The Israelites set out at once to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
• Joshua 15:9 From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
• Joshua 15:60 There were also Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah—two towns with their surrounding villages.
• Joshua 18:14 The boundary then made a turn and swung south along the western edge of the hill facing Beth-horon, ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This was the western boundary.
• Joshua 18:15 The southern boundary began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. From that western point it ran to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah,
• Joshua 18:28 Zela, Haeleph, the Jebusite town (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages. This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.