ʻĂrâd — H6166

Definition

masculine proper noun

Arad, the name of a place near Palestine, also of a Canaanite and an Israelite

1. Arad = "a wild ass"
2. n pr m
3. a Benjamite, son of Beriah, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath
4. n pr loc
5. a royal city of the Canaanites north of the wilderness of Judah

Usually translated as

Arad

Origin

from an unused root meaning to sequester itself; fugitive

Occurrences

ʻĂrâd occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Numbers 21:1 — And when king Arad (עֲרָד֙) the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
• Numbers 33:40 — And king Arad (עֲרָ֔ד) the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
• Joshua 12:14 — The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad (עֲרָ֖ד), one;
• Judges 1:16 — And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad (עֲרָ֑ד); and they went and dwelt among the people.
• 1 Chronicles 8:15 — And Zebadiah, and Arad (וַעֲרָ֖ד), and Ader,