HebrewH6166Noun

עֲרָד

a.rad

5Occurrences
H6166Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from an unused root meaning to sequester itself; fugitive;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Arad = "a wild ass" a royal city of the Canaanites north of the wilderness of Judah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עֲרָד appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
2
1 Chronicles
1
Judges
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 8:15BSB

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

Judges 1:16BSB

Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.

Joshua 12:14BSB

the king of Hormah, one;the king of Arad, one;

Numbers 21:1BSB

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.

Numbers 33:40BSB

Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.

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