Person Old Testament
Arad
Arad was a Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 8:15.
Why it matters. A Benjamite, son of Beriah.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Arad
Arad is mentioned only once in the Bible, in 1Ch.8.15, as one of the sons of Beriah, a Benjamite. He is listed among the descendants of Benjamin who lived in Jerusalem. No further information is provided about Arad in the biblical text. His name means "wild donkey" in Hebrew.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Beriah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)