Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arvadite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-va-dite
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inhabitant of the island and city of Arwad.

noun

A "son" of Canaan.

Example Sentences

"And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad."

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Aradium, from Ancient Greek Ἀράδιον (Arádion), from Biblical Hebrew אַרְוָדִי ('arvāḏî) , gentilic of Biblical Hebrew אַרְוַד ('arvaḏ) . Compare Phoenician 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤃 (ʾrwd) and Ancient Greek Ἄραδος (Árados).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Aradium, Ἀράδιον, אַרְוָדִי, אַרְוַד

Inflected Forms

Arvadites (plural) Arvadim (alternative)

Questions

What does arvadite mean?: An inhabitant of the island and city of Arwad.
Where does arvadite come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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