Archevite

Ar'chevite (Chald. only in the plur. emphatic, Arkevaye', אִרכּוָיֵא; Sept. Α᾿ρχυαῖοι), one of the nations transplanted by the Assyrians in place of the captive Samaritans, and who joined afterward in opposing the returned Jews (Ezr 4:9), probably inhabitants of the city ERECH SEE ERECH (q.v.), mentioned (Ge 10:10) as an early settlement of Nimrod.

⇒Bible concordance for ARCHEVITES.

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.