עֲרָד Arad
Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
Strong's records this name for a place near Palestine, also of a Canaanite and an Israelite. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 21:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 8:15.
וַיִּשְׁמַע הַכְּנַעֲנִי מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲרָד יֹשֵׁב הַנֶּגֶב כִּי בָּא יִשְׂרָאֵל דֶּרֶךְ הָאֲתָרִים וַיִּלָּחֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּשְׁבְּ מִמֶּנּוּ שֶֽׁבִי
And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
וַיִּשְׁמַע הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי מֶלֶךְ עֲרָד וְהֽוּא־יֹשֵׁב בַּנֶּגֶב בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן בְּבֹא בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.—
מֶלֶךְ חָרְמָה אֶחָד מֶלֶךְ עֲרָד אֶחָֽד
the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
וּבְנֵי קֵינִי חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה עָלוּ מֵעִיר הַתְּמָרִים אֶת־בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר בְּנֶגֶב עֲרָד וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיֵּשֶׁב אֶת־הָעָֽם
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 is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
וּזְבַדְיָה וַעֲרָד וָעָֽדֶר
and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder;
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Arad?
Arad — ערד in Hebrew — has a gematria of 274 in the standard method.
How many times is Arad named in the Tanakh?
5 times, first at Numbers 21:1.
A spelling is not a name. The written word ערד stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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