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HebrewH0757Noun

אַרְכִּי

ar.ki

6Occurrences
H0757Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an Arkite or native of Erek

patrial from another place (in Palestine) of similar name with H751 (אֶרֶךְ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Someone from Arach(?), first mentioned at § Archite or Archi = "lengthy" referring to the home city of Hushai

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--LG

Full Description

N:N--LG

Occurrences

אַרְכִּי appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
4
1 Chronicles
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:33BSB

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor.Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

2 Samuel 15:32BSB

When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

2 Samuel 16:16BSB

And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

2 Samuel 17:5BSB

Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

2 Samuel 17:14BSB

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.