Strong H6166H6166Aעֲרָד

Arad

One of the 2 senses of Strong H6166

Transliteration
‛ărâd
Pronunciation
ar-awd'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Arad, a Canaanite city that attacked Israel during their wilderness journey, later inhabited by the Kenites.

Meaning of the name

Arad = "a wild ass"

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 biblical story

Arad

Arad, Canaanite city, attacked Israel, later inhabited by Kenites

Arad, a Canaanite city that attacked Israel during their wilderness journey, later inhabited by the Kenites.

In the Bible

Strong H6166A appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • arad4

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.
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