Kab
kab (qabh, "something hollowed out,"2Ki 6:25; the King James Version Cab): A Hebrew dry measure and liquid measure equal to about 2 quarts.SeeWEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
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Kabzeel
kab'-ze-el, kab'-zel (kabhtse'el "(whom) God collects"): One of the "uttermost cities" of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South (Negeb) (Jos 15:21). It was the native pla...
Kadesh
See KADESH-BARNEA.
Kadesh In Galilee
See KEDESH, 3.
Kadesh On The Orontes
o-ron'-tez (in Massoretic Text of2Sa 24:6, under the corrupt form tachtim chodhshi, which should be corrected from the Septuagint (Luc.) reading: eis ten genitive Chettieim Kade...
Kadesh-Barnea
ka'-desh-bar'-ne-a (qadhesh barnea`; Kades): Mentioned 10 times; called also "Kadesh" simply. The name perhaps means "the holy place of the desert of wandering." There are refer...
Kadmiel
kad'-mi-el (qadhmi'el, "before God," "priest"(?); "Cadmiel" in parallel lists in 1 Esdras 5:26,58 the King James Version; omitted in Septuagint Codex Vaticanus; Codex Alexandrin...
Kadmonite
kad'-mon-it (qadhmoni; Kedmonaioi, signifies "the Easterner," or, less probably, "one of the ancient race"): The Kadmonites are mentioned inGe 15:19along with the Kenites and Ke...
Kain (1)
kan (ha-qayin; the King James Version Cain): A town in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:57). There is, too, apparently a reference to this place inNu 24:21,22:"And he looked on...
Kain (2)
(qayin): A clan name, the King James Version "the Kenite" (Nu 24:22;Jud 4:11). In the first passage the Revised Version (British and American) has "Kain" and margin "the Kenites...
Kallai
kal'-a-i, kal'-i (qallay, qal, "swift"): A priest among those who returned with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:1). He represented the family of Sallai (Ne 12:20).
Kamon
ka'-mon (qamon; the King James Version Camon): The place where Jair was buried (Jud 10:3-5). It is possibly represented either by Kamm or Kumeim, ruins which lie about 6 and 7 m...
Kanah
ka'-na (qanah, "reeds"):(1) The name of a "brook," i.e. wady, or "torrent bed," which formed part of the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh (Jos 16:8;17:9). The border of Eph...
Kaph
kaf "k": The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "k", with daghesh, and "kh" (=German ch) without daghesh. It came also to be used for the...
Kareah
ka-re'-a (qareach, "bald head"): The father of Johanan and Jonathan, who after the fall of Jerusalem joined Gedaliah at Mizpah (2Ki 25:23;Jer 40:8).
Kariathiarius
ka-ri-ath-i-a'-ri-us (Kariathiarios; Codex Vaticanus reads Kartatheiareios; the King James Version, Kiriathiarim (1 Esdras 5:19))=Kiriath-jearim inNe 7:29.
Karka
kar'-ka (ha-qarqa`ah--with the article and locale; the King James Version Karkaa): A place in the South of Judah, between Addar and Wady el-`Arish (Jos 15:3). Eusebius, Onomasti...
Karkor
kar'-kor (qarqor): An unidentified place where Gideon surprised and overwhelmed the remnants of the army of Zeba and Zalmunnah (Jud 8:10). It probably corresponds to Qarkar ment...
Kartah
kar'-ta (qartah): A city in the territory of Zebulun, assigned to the Levites (Jos 21:34). It is not identified. Possibly it is a variant of KATTATH, or ofKARTAN(which see).
Kartan
kar'-tan (qartan): A city in the territory of Naphtali, given to the Gershonite Levites (Jos 21:32). It is called Kiriathaim in1Ch 6:76. Kartan may be a contraction of this. Che...
Kattath
kat'-ath (qaTTath): A city in the territory of Zebulun, named with Iphtah-el, Nahalel, and Shimron (Jos 19:15), perhaps to be identified with Kitron (Jud 1:30), from which Zebul...
Kedar
ke'-dar (qedhar; Kedar): Second in order of the sons of Ishmael (Ge 25:13parallel1Ch 1:29). The name occurs as typical of a distant eastern country in opposition to the lands of...
Kedemah
ked'-e-ma, ke-de'-ma (qedhemah, "eastward"): Son of Ishmael (Ge 25:16), head of a clan (1Ch 1:31).SeeKADMONITE.
Kedemoth
SeeJAHAZ.
Kedesh (1)
ke'-desh (qedhesh; Kades):(1) One of the "uttermost cities" of Judah "toward the border of Edom in the South" (Jos 15:23). Possibly it is to be identified with KADESH-BARNEA(whi...
Kedesh (2)
(1 Macc 11:63,73, Codex Alexandrinus, Kedes; the King James Version Cades): Scene of a battle between Judas Maccabeus and the forces of Demetrius.See KEDESH-NAPHTALI, under KEDE...
Kedesh-Naphtali
ke'-desh-naf'-ta-li.See KEDESH, 3.