Strong H756אַרְכְּוָיֵא
Erech
- Transliteration
- 'arkevay
- Pronunciation
- ar-kev-ah'ee
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
(Chaldee); patrial from H751; an Arkevite (collectively) or native of Erek: - Archevite.
Meaning of the name
Archevites = "lengthy"
Detailed definition
Aramaic of e.rekh (אֶ֫רֶךְ "Erech" H751)
In the biblical story
Erech
Ancient Mesopotamian city; part of Nimrod's kingdom
Erech, an ancient Mesopotamian city that was part of Nimrod's kingdom and later inhabited by people who opposed the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple.
In the Bible
Strong H756 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- archevites1
First verses
- Ezra 4:9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,