Bible Names

Arphaxad: meaning of the name

Arphaxad means “a healer; a releaser.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Arphaxad in Hebrew and Greek

אַרְפַּכְשַׁד H775

ʼArpakshad (ar-pak-shad') — Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by him

probably of foreign origin;

Ἀρφαξάδ G742

Arphaxád — Arphaxad, a post-diluvian patriarch

of Hebrew origin (H0775);

Who named Arphaxad in the Bible

Arphaxad in Scripture

“Arphaxad” appears in 10 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  • Genesis 10:24

    And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

  • Genesis 11:10

    These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

  • Genesis 11:11

    And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 11:12

    And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

  • Genesis 11:13

    And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:17

    The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:18

    And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.