Arkite

In Bible versions:

Arkite: NET NIV NASB
Arkites: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Archite: AVS NRSV NASB TEV

a member of a clan of Canaanites who settled SW of Bethel (OS)
members of a Canaanite tribe on the coast of Palestine

Hebrew

Strongs #0757: ykra 'Arkiy

Archite or Archi = "lengthy"

1) referring to the home city of Hushai

757 'Arkiy ar-kee'

patrial from another place (in Palestine) of similar name
with 751; an Arkite or native of Erek:-Archi, Archite.
see HEBREW for 0751

Strongs #06208: yqre `Arqiy

Arkite = see Arki "gnawing"

1) an inhabitant of Arki or Arka

6208 `Arqiy ar-kee'

patrial from an unused name meaning a tush; an Arkite or
inhabitant of Erek:-Arkite.

Archite [EBD]

the usual designation of Hushai (2 Sam. 15:32; 17:5, 14; 1 Chr. 27:33), who was a native of Archi. He was "the king's friend", i.e., he held office under David similar to that of our modern privy councillor.

Arkite [EBD]

(Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15), a designation of certain descendants from the Phoenicians or Sidonians, the inhabitants of Arka, 12 miles north of Tripoli, opposite the northern extremity of Lebanon.

Archite [NAVE]

ARCHITE
See: Arkite.

Arkites [NAVE]

ARKITES, descendants of Canaan, Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15.

ARKITE [ISBE]

ARKITE - ark'-it (`arqi): An inhabitant of the town of Arka, situated some ten or twelve miles Northeast of Tripoils, Syria, and about four miles from the shore of the sea. The Arkites are mentioned in Gen 10:17 and 1 Ch 1:15 as being the descendants of Canaan, and they were undoubtedly of Phoenician stock. The place was not of much importance, but it is mentioned in the Assyrian inscriptions, under the name Irkatah and taken by Tiglathpileser III in 738 BC. Not being on the sea its trade was small and it probably belonged to Tripoli or Botrys originally. It was the birthplace of Alexander Severus, hence its Roman name, Caesarea Libani. Its site is marked by a high mound near the foothills of Lebanon.

H. Porter