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Strong H61662 sensesעֲרָד

Arad

Transliteration
‛ărâd
Pronunciation
ar-awd'

Meaning of the name

Arad = "a wild ass"

The 2 senses of Strong H6166

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6166 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Arad, Canaanite city, attacked Israel, later inhabited by KenitesH6166A4 verses · Numbers, Joshua, Judges
  2. A Benjamite, son of Beriah.H6166B1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

From an unused root meaning to sequester itself;
fugitive;
{Arad} the name of a place near {Palestine} also of a Canaanite and an Israelite: - Arad.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • arad5

First verses

  1. Numbers 21:1
    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.
  2. Numbers 33:40
    And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
  3. Joshua 12:14
    The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
  4. 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; and they went and dwelt among the people.
  5. 1 Chronicles 8:15
    And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,