אַרְפָּדʼArpâd

proper name [of a location]: city in northern Syria (Isaiah 10:9; 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 37:13)

Pronunciation: ar-pawd' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H774

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 18:34 What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? And what about the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
  • 2 Kings 19:13 What happened to the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?”
  • Isaiah 10:9 We destroyed Calno just as we did Carchemish. Hamath fell before us as Arpad did. And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus.
  • Isaiah 36:19 What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? And what about the gods of Sepharvaim? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
  • Isaiah 37:13 What happened to the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?”
  • Jeremiah 49:23 This message was given concerning Damascus. This is what the Lord says: “The towns of Hamath and Arpad are struck with fear, for they have heard the news of their destruction. Their hearts are troubled like a wild sea in a raging storm.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).