Archevite — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַרְכְּוַי

אַרְכְּוַי

ʼArkᵉvay · pronounced ar-kev-ah'ee · Strong's H756 · a people

Archevite means an Arkevite (collectively) or native of Erek.

Built from

אֶרֶךְ ʼErek (aramaic patrial from, H751) — length open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

(Aramaic) patrial from H751; an Arkevite (collectively) or native of Erek.

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 Archevite

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Ezra

Ezra 4:9

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