English Dictionary: arba | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for arba | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Araba \[d8]A*ra"ba\, n. [Written also {aroba} and {arba}.] [Ar. or Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.] A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered. [Oriental] The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to admit the air --Balfour (Cyc. of India). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Arba four, a giant, father of Anak. From him the city of Hebron derived its name of Kirjath-arba, i.e., the city of Araba (Josh. 14:15; 15:13; 21:11; Gen. 13:18; 23:2). (See {HEBRON}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Arba, four |