Arad (â'răd), to flee, to be wild, untamed. 1. A Canaanitish city in the south of Judah. The site of this ancient city is a barren-looking eminence rising above the surrounding country, now called Tel Arad. In Numbers 21:1; Numbers 33:40, "king Arad," A. V., to incorrect for "king of Arad." Joshua 12:14; Judges 1:16. 2. A descendant of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 8:15.