אַרְכִּיʼArkîy
applied to חוּשַׁי (2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 16:16; 2 Samuel 17:5; 2 Samuel 17:14; 1 Chronicles 27:33)
Pronunciation: ar-kee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H757
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 16:2 From Bethel (that is, Luz) it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.
- 2 Samuel 15:32 When David reached the summit of the Mount of Olives where people worshiped God, Hushai the Arkite was waiting there for him. Hushai had torn his clothing and put dirt on his head as a sign of mourning.
- 2 Samuel 16:16 When David’s friend Hushai the Arkite arrived, he went immediately to see Absalom. “Long live the king!” he exclaimed. “Long live the king!”
- 2 Samuel 17:5 But then Absalom said, “Bring in Hushai the Arkite. Let’s see what he thinks about this.”
- 2 Samuel 17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “Hushai’s advice is better than Ahithophel’s.” For the Lord had determined to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster on Absalom!
- 1 Chronicles 27:33 Ahithophel was the royal adviser. Hushai the Arkite was the king’s friend.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).