עֲרָד
ʻĂrâd · ar-awd'
Arad, the name of a place near Palestine, also of a Canaanite and an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to sequester itself; fugitive;
Arad, the name of a place near Palestine, also of a Canaanite and an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Arad.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in
To see and know of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲרָד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- arad2 · 40%
- of arad2 · 40%
- and arad1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.