Strong’s H671 · Hebrew
אֲפַרְסְכַי
ʼĂpharçᵉkay · af-ar-sek-ah'ee
Origin (Aramaic) or אֲפַרְסַתְכַי; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural);
Meaning an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe
In the King James Version Apharsachites, Apharasthchites.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Ezra 4:9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
- Ezra 5:6The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
- Ezra 6:6Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.