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Archevite

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Probably inhabitants of Erech (Ezra 4:9⁹Then 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, (Ezra 4:9)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

People removed from Assyria to Samaria. They joined in the petition to Artaxerxes against the Jews (Ezra 4:9⁹Then 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, (Ezra 4:9)). The origin of the name is unknown.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

756 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Arkvay

Phonic:

ar-kev-ah’ee

Meaning:

(Aramaic) patrial from 751; an Arkevite (collectively) or native of Erek

KJV Usage:

Archevite

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

plural of Archi