ʼArvad — H719

Definition

locative proper noun

Arvad, an island-city of Palestine

1. Arvad = "I shall break loose"
2. a city-island near Sidon

Usually translated as

Arvad

Origin

probably from H7300; a refuge for the roving

• Rûwd (H7300)

Occurrences

ʼArvad occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (2)

• Ezekiel 27:8 — The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad (וְאַרְוַ֔ד) were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
• Ezekiel 27:11 — The men of Arvad (אַרְוַ֣ד) with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.