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Apharsachites — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֲפַרְסְכַי

אֲפַרְסְכַי

ʼĂpharçᵉkay · pronounced af-ar-sek-ah'ee · Strong's H671 · a man · also spelled Apharasthchites

Apharsachites means (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural).

Strong's definition

(Aramaic) or אֲפַרְסַתְכַי; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe.

First appearance

Ezra 4:9 Then 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, (KJV)

Every verse that names Apharsachites

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Ezra

Ezra 4:9Ezra 5:6Ezra 6:6

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