ARBA is named ‘the father of the Anak’ in Joshua 14:15 (so read also Joshua 21:11 , cf. Joshua 15:13 ). This means simply that he was the founder of the city which bore his name; that is Kiriath-arba, later Hebron (wh. see), where was a chief seat of the Anakim.
J. F. McCurdy.
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