Quick Definition
Arkite
Biblical Persons & Places
Arkites
People from Arak(?)
People from Arak(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17;
only referred to as Arkites (עַרְקִי);
descended from Canaan along with Sidon, Heth, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Strong's Definition
an Arkite or inhabitant of Erek
Derivation: patrial from an unused name meaning a tush;
KJV Usage: Arkite.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Arkite = see Arki "gnawing"
1) an inhabitant of Arki or Arka
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַרְקִי (ar.qi) — Arkite. Someone descended from Arak(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Arkite, of Arki "gnawing" an inhabitant of Arki or Arka
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עַרְקִי adj.gent. Arḳite, inhabitant of city ‛Arḳa base