Meanings
plural Arvadites · alternative Arvadim
- An inhabitant of the island and city of Arwad.
- biblicalA "son" of Canaan.
And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
Origin
- Biblical Hebrewאַרְוַד
- Biblical Hebrewאַרְוָדִי
- Ancient GreekἈράδιον
- Ecclesiastical LatinAradium
- EnglishArvadite
From Ecclesiastical Latin Aradium, from Ancient Greek Ἀράδιον (Arádion), from Biblical Hebrew אַרְוָדִי ('arvāḏî) , gentilic of Biblical Hebrew אַרְוַד ('arvaḏ) . Compare Phoenician 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤃 (ʾrwd) and Ancient Greek Ἄραδος (Árados).
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