Arkite

(Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15), a designation of certain descendants from the Phoenicians or Sidonians, the inhabitants of Arka, 12 miles north of Tripoli, opposite the northern extremity of Lebanon.

ARK'ITE, THE, a Canaanitish family settled in Arka, "a Phoenician town at the north-western base of Lebanon, where the worship of Astarte was practised." Gen 10:17; 1 Chr 1:15.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Belonging to the ark. [R.] Faber.