one that commands; he that descends
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ARD.Benjamins son in Gen_46:21, but his grandson in Num_26:40 = 1Ch_8:3 (Addar). Patronymic Ardites (Num_26:40).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(Gen_46:21; Num_26:40) ARD or ADDAR. (1Ch_8:8).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ard. (one that descending). The son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. Gen_46:21; Num_26:40. In 1Ch_8:3, he is called Addar.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ard (ארדּ, 'ard, meaning unknown): Either directly or more remotely a son of Benjamin. Num_26:38-40 mentions five sons of Benjamin, together with Ard and Naaman, the sons of Bela, Benjamin's oldest son, counting all seven as ancestors of Benjamite families. In 1Ch_8:1-3 Addar and Naaman are mentioned, with others, as sons of Bela, Addar and Ard being apparently the same name with the consonants transposed. In Gen_46:21 ten sons of Benjamin are counted, including at least the three grandsons, Ard and Naaman and Gera.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ard
(Heb. id. אִרְדְּ, prob. for אֶרֶד, i.q. יֶרֶד, descent; Sept. Α᾿ράδ v. r.
Α᾿δάρ), a grandson of Benjamin through Bela (Num_26:40). B.C. 1856. In Gen_46:21, he appears as a son of Benjamin, where, however, the Sept. makes him a great-grandson through Gera as a son of Bela. In 1Ch_8:3, he is called ADDAR. His descendants were called Ardites, Heb. Ardi'. אִרְדִּי, Sept. Α᾿ραδί (Num_26:40). SEE BENJAMIN. He is possibly the same with EZBON SEE EZBON (1Ch_7:7).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.