עֲרָד
a.rad
Arad
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "a.rad" (Strong's number H6166A) is a proper name referring to a specific person. Its short definition, "Arad", directly indicates its meaning as a name. This name, "Arad", occurs four times in the Bible, indicating its relative importance or significance within the narrative. However, without further context, the exact role or characteristics of the person named Arad are not revealed by this data. Given its classification as a proper name, "Arad" functions primarily as a label or identifier, likely distinguishing this individual from others within the biblical story.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
Numbers 33:40The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived 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 1:16The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.