Topic
Arvad
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezekiel 27:8Easton · Smith · Nave An island near Zidon
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
- Ezekiel 27:11Smith · Nave An island near Zidon
The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
- Genesis 10:18Smith
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
- 1 Chronicles 1:16Smith
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Wandering, (Ezek. 27:8), a small island and city on the coast of Syria, mentioned as furnishing mariners and soldiers for Tyre. The inhabitants were called Arvadites. The name is written Aruada or Arada in the Tell-el-Amarna tablets.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.