HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H756
אַרְכְּוָיֵא
ar.ke.vay — Erech
Aramaic of e.rekh (אֶ֫רֶךְ "Erech" H0751) § Archevites = "lengthy" a native of the city of Erech
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Archevite
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
One of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria (Ezra 4:9); the men of Erech.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.