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Strong's #7158: Qiryath Cannah (pronounced keer-yath' san-naw')

or Qiryath Cepher {keer-yath' say-fer}; from 7151 and a simpler feminine from the same as 5577, or (for the latter name) 5612; city of branches, or of a book; Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine:--Kirjath-sannah, Kirjath-sepher.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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qiryath sannâh / qiryath sêpher

Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = "city of the book"

1) a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: from H7151 and a simpler feminine from the same as H5577, or (for the latter name) H5612;



Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

Joshua 15:15: "of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher."
Joshua 15:16: "He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah"
Joshua 15:49: "And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,"
Judges 1:11: "of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:"
Judges 1:12: "He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah"









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