אַרְפַּכְשַׁדʼArpakshad

proper name, masculine: 3rd son of Shem (Genesis 10:22; Genesis 10:24; Genesis 11:12; Genesis 11:13; 1 Chronicles 1:17)

Pronunciation: ar-pak-shad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H775

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:22 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
  • Genesis 10:24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
  • Genesis 11:10 This is the account of Shem’s family. Two years after the great flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
  • Genesis 11:11 After the birth of Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 11:12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
  • Genesis 11:13 After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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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).