STRONGS NUMBER H775


Word Summary
Arpakshad: third son of Shem, also the region settled by him
Original Word: אַרְפַּכְשַׂד
Transliteration: Arpakshad
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-pak-shad')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: third son of Shem, also the region settled by him
Meaning: Arpachshad -- third son of Shem, also the region settled by him
Strong's Concordance
Arphaxad

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H775. Arpakshad

אַרְמַּכְשַׁדproper name, masculine 3rd son of Shem ׳אGenesis 10:22, 24; 11:12-13, 1 Chronicles 1:17-18, 24; אַרְמַּכְשָׁ֑דGenesis 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 10:22 who identifies with Babylonia (compare 11:12f. & כַּשְׂדִּים אוּר11:28; 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 10:22 LagSy i. 54ZMG 1882, 182; but Assyrian Arba—a is unfavourable to this).