Ar'vad. (wandering). Ezekiel 27:8; Ezekiel 27:11. The island of Ruad, which lies off Tortosa (Tartus), two or three miles from the Phoenician coast. In agreement with this is the mention of "the Arvadite", in Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16, as a son of Canaan, with Zidon, Hamath and other northern localities.