Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'kirjath' occurs 34 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'kirjath' in the standard works and contain 55.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 18:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)


Judg. 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

 1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

 1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:

 1:12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.




1 Sam. 6:21-7:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 2:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 34 3 37
Gen. 1 0 1
Num. 1 1 2
Josh. 14 1 15
Judg. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 5 1 6
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Ezra 1 0 1
Neh. 2 0 2
Jer. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 34 3 37

Judg. 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

Judg. 1:11
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:

Judg. 1:12
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

Judg. 18:12
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.