Arpachshad
אַרְפַּכְשַׁדStrong’s H0775arpakhshad (ar-pakh-shad)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Arpakhshad is the Hebrew word usually translated “arphaxad”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22
How it's translated
- and arphaxad 5
- arphaxad 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 6
- 1 Chronicles 3
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 10:24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
- Genesis 11:10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
- Genesis 11:11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
- Genesis 11:13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
Hebrew dictionary
אַרְפַּכְשַׁד arpakhshad · Arpachshad
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22; son of: Shem (H8035); brother of: Asshur (H0804H), Elam (H5867C), Lud (H3865) and Aram (H0758); father of: Cainan (G2536); also called Arphaxad at Luk.3.36; Also named: Arphaxad (Ἀρφαξάδ "Arphaxad" G0742) § Arphaxad = "I shall fail as the breast: he cursed the breast-bottle" third son of Shem
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.