Archite
אַרְכִּיStrong’s H0757arki (ar-ki)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Arki is the Hebrew word usually translated “arkite”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,”
Meaning
- Someone from Arach(?), first mentioned at Jos.16.2
How it's translated
- the arkite 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 4
- Joshua 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 15:32And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
- 2 Samuel 16:16And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
- 2 Samuel 17:5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
- 2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
- 1 Chronicles 27:33And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:
Hebrew dictionary
אַרְכִּי arki · Archite
Someone from Arach(?), first mentioned at Jos.16.2 § Archite or Archi = "lengthy" referring to the home city of Hushai
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “arkite” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
'ARKITE, noun
A term used by Bryant to denote one of the persons who were preserved in the ark; or who, according to pagan fables, belonged to the ark.
All definitions and other forms of “arkite”
'ARKITE, adjective
Belonging to the ark.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.