ʼĂpharçᵉkay — H671

Definition

masculine plural proper noun

an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe

1. Apharsachites = "as causers of division (?)" Apharsathchites = "I will divide the deceivers (?)"
2. (CLBL) an unknown office
3. (BDB) perhaps an office or an official
4. (TWOT)
1. a people
2. perhaps a title of an official

Usually translated as

Apharsachites, Apharasthchites

Origin

(Aramaic) or ʼĂpharçathkay; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural)

Occurrences

ʼĂpharçᵉkay occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (3)

• Ezra 4:9 — Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites (וַאֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵ֞א), the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
• Ezra 5:6 — The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites (אֲפַ֨רְסְכָיֵ֔א), which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
• Ezra 6:6 — Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites (אֲפַרְסְכָיֵ֔א), which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: