(Chald. only in the plur. emphatic, Arkevaye',
àִøְëְּåָéֵà
; Sept.
Á᾿ñ÷õáῖïé
), one of the nations transplanted by the Assyrians in place of the captive Samaritans, and who joined afterward in opposing the returned Jews (Ezr_4:9), probably inhabitants of the city ERECH SEE ERECH (q.v.), mentioned (Gen_10:10) as an early settlement of Nimrod.