6167. arad
Strong's Lexicon
arad: To flee, to be free, to be untamed

Original Word: עָרַד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: arad
Pronunciation: ah-RAHD
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-awd')
Definition: To flee, to be free, to be untamed
Meaning: an onager

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "arad," the concept of fleeing or escaping can be related to Greek terms such as "φεύγω" (pheugō - Strong's Greek 5343), which means to flee or escape.

Usage: The Hebrew verb "arad" primarily conveys the idea of fleeing or escaping. It can also imply a sense of being untamed or free, often used in contexts where movement or liberation is emphasized. The term is not frequently used in the Hebrew Bible, but its occurrences highlight themes of freedom and escape.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, the concept of fleeing or being untamed was significant in both literal and metaphorical senses. Nomadic tribes, such as those in the wilderness of the Sinai Peninsula, often lived lives characterized by movement and freedom from settled constraints. The idea of being untamed also resonated with the Israelites' understanding of their relationship with God, who called them out of bondage in Egypt to a life of covenant freedom.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to arod
Definition
a wild donkey
NASB Translation
wild donkeys (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[עֲרָד K§ 57 a) α)]

noun masculine wild ass (ᵑ7 Syriac; √עֲרד, perhaps = Arabic give a crySBWAk. cxlii. see II. 1900, see Biblical Hebrew עָרוֺד as loan-word (KAramaismen 72, but dubious NöZMG lvii (1903), 413)); — plural emphatic עֲרָדַיָּא Daniel 5:21.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
wild ass

(Aramaic) corresponding to arowd; an onager -- wild ass.

see HEBREW arowd

Forms and Transliterations
עֲרָֽדַיָּא֙ ערדיא ‘ă·rā·ḏay·yā ‘ărāḏayyā aradaiYa
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Englishman's Concordance
Daniel 5:21
HEB: ק) וְעִם־ עֲרָֽדַיָּא֙ מְדוֹרֵ֔הּ עִשְׂבָּ֤א
NAS: and his dwelling place [was] with the wild donkeys. He was given
KJV: and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they fed
INT: make like with the wild and his dwelling grass

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 6167
1 Occurrence


‘ă·rā·ḏay·yā — 1 Occ.
















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