Arad
עֲרָדStrong’s H6166arad (a-rad)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Arad is the Hebrew word usually translated “arad”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when king Arad 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.”
Meaning
- § Arad = "a wild ass"
- A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.15
How it's translated
- arad 4
- and arad 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- Joshua 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 33:40And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
- Joshua 12:14The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
- Judges 1:16And 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; and they went and dwelt among the people.
- 1 Chronicles 8:15And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
Hebrew dictionary
עֲרָד arad · Arad
§ Arad = "a wild ass" a royal city of the Canaanites north of the wilderness of Judah
עֲרָד arad · Arad
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.15; son of: Beriah (H1283I); brother of: Ahio (H0283H), Shashak (H8349), Jeremoth (H3406I), Zebadiah (H2069), Eder (H5738), Michael (H4317L), Ishpah (H3472) and Joha (H3109) § Arad = "a wild ass" a Benjamite, son of Beriah, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.