אַרְכִּי
ar.ki
Archite
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word אַרְכִּי (ar.ki) corresponds to the Strong's number H0757 and its short definition is "Archite." The word belongs to the semantic domain of "Proper Name: Person," indicating that it is likely a personal name. As a proper name, the word אַרְכִּי appears six times in the Bible, suggesting that the person it refers to played a significant role or was notable in the narrative. Without more context, it's difficult to determine the exact nature of the role or the significance of this individual. Given its singular definition and limited occurrences, it's likely that the word אַרְכִּי serves primarily to identify a specific person. Further analysis would require more information about the biblical context in which the word is used, such as the surrounding words and narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
2 Samuel 15:32When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his tunic torn, and earth on his head.
2 Samuel 16:16When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
2 Samuel 17:5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
2 Samuel 17:14Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
1 Chronicles 27:33Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.