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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #7158 - קִרְיַת סֵפֶר

Transliteration

Qiryath Çannâh

Phonetics

keer-yath' san-naw', keer-yath' say'-fer

Origin

from (H7151) and a simpler fem. from the same as (H5577), or (for the latter name) (H5612)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = "city of the book"
1. a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

BSB (5)

Joshua 6

Judges 4

CSB (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

ESV (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

KJV (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

LEB (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

LSB (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

N95 (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

NAS (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Joshua 3

Judges 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

קִרְיַתסֵֿ֫פֶר proper name, of a location πόλις(τῶν)γραμμάτων, + (ᵐ5^B Judges 1:11) Καριασσωφαρ: ancient name of דְּבִיר (see II. ׳ד 2 c) (perhaps סֹֿפֵר׳ק scribe-town, compare ᵐ5 above also ᵑ6 and Egyptian Bai-ti¾u-pa-ïra, house of scribe, WMM^As.u.Eur.174 Buhl^Geogr.274, compare GFM^Ju); — Joshua 15:15,16; Judges 1:11,12; another name is סַֿנָּה׳ק Joshua 15:49 (but ᵐ5 πόλις γραμμάτων, hence read perhaps סֿפר׳ק, so Steuern), in southern Judah; on site (probably Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron) see II. דְּבִיר 2 c and Buhl^Geogr.164.

List of Word Forms

סֵ֖פֶר סֵֽפֶר׃ סַנָּ֖ה סנה ספר ספר׃ san·nāh sanNah sannāh sê·p̄er Sefer sêp̄er