in Ancient Geography, is thought to have been a city of Syria. It was always placed with Hamath, (2 Kings xviii. 34. xix. 13. Isaiah x. 9. xxxvi. 19. xxvii. 13. Jerem. xlix. 25.) Sennacherib boasts of having reduced Arpad and Hamath, or of having destroyed the gods of these two places. Hamath is known to be the same with Emesa; and it is thought that Arpad is the same with Arad or Arvad, as it is sometimes called in Hebrew. See ARAD.