How to Pronounce Arphaxad
ahr-FAX-ad
Arphaxad is pronounced ahr-FAX-ad (ɑːrˈfæksæd): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Arphaxad mean?
Arphaxad means “a healer; a releaser”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Arphaxad?
Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans. The tendency is to recognize in the word the name of the country nearest the ancient domain of the Chaldeans. Some regard the word as an Egypticized form of the territorial name of Ur Kasdim, or Ur of the Chaldees.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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