Strong H6208עַרְקִי

Arkite

Transliteration: ‛arqîy
Pronunciation: ar-kee'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patrial from an unused name meaning a tush; an Arkite or inhabitant of Erek: - Arkite.

Detailed definition

Someone descended from Arak(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577)

In the biblical story

Arkites

Canaanite people group descended from Canaan

The Arkites were one of the Canaanite tribes descended from Canaan, the son of Ham, and are mentioned in the Table of Nations.

In the Bible

Strong H6208 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

arkite2

First verses

Genesis 10:17
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
1 Chronicles 1:15
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

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