Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arba"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Araba \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).
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