International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Arba

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Arba


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ar´ba (ארבע, 'arba‛, “four”): Variously described as “the greatest man among the Anakim” (), “the father of Anak” (), “the father of Anok” ( margin). Thus he seems to have been regarded as the ancestor of the Anakim, and as the most famous hero of that race. He was the reputed founder of the city called after him, on the site of which Hebron was built ().