775. Arpakshad
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Arpakshad: third son of Shem, also the region settled by him
Original Word: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Arpakshad
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-pak-shad')
Short Definition: Arpachshad

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
third son of Shem, also the region settled by him
NASB Translation
Arpachshad (9).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַרְמַּכְשַׁד proper name, masculine 3rd son of Shem ׳א Genesis 10:22,24; Genesis 11:12,13; 1 Chronicles 1:17,18,24; אַרְמַּכְשָׁ֑ד Genesis 11:10,11; doubtless a geographic name (derivation & meaning dubious, Thes derives from boundary (stem define, limit), compare also Ethiopic wall, + כשׁד = כֶּשֶׂד, i.e. Chaldean; so SchrCOT Genesis 10:22 who identifies with Babylonia (compare Genesis 11:12f. & אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים Genesis 11:28; Genesis 11:31); see another interpretations DlPa 255; according to most = Arrapachitis on Upper Zab, northeast from Nineveh, Assyrian Arba—a, Armen. Albak LagArmen. Stud. 55 & references so Bo MV, Di Genesis 10:22 LagSy i. 54ZMG 1882, 182; but Assyrian Arba—a is unfavourable to this).



Strong's
Arphaxad

Probably of foreign origin; Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by him -- Arphaxad.

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