{
  "id": "dict_000376",
  "term": "Arkite",
  "slug": "arkite",
  "letter": "A",
  "entry_type": "people_group",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "A biblical people group listed among the descendants of Canaan in the Table of Nations.",
  "simple_one_line": "The Arkites were a Canaanite people named in Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1.",
  "tooltip_text": "A Canaanite people group associated with the Table of Nations.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Canaan",
    "Table of Nations",
    "Canaanites",
    "Phoenicia"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Ham",
    "Arka",
    "Genesis 10",
    "1 Chronicles 1"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Arkite refers to a people group listed among the descendants of Canaan in the Table of Nations.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "The Arkites are a biblical ethnographic group named among the descendants of Canaan.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Listed in the Table of Nations",
    "Related to the Canaanite world",
    "Best treated as an ethnographic, not doctrinal, headword"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "In Scripture, the Arkites are listed among the Canaanite peoples descended from Canaan. The name likely refers to inhabitants associated with Arka, a city in the Phoenician region.",
  "description_academic_full": "Arkite is the biblical name for a Canaanite people group named among the descendants of Canaan in the Table of Nations. The term most likely refers to inhabitants associated with Arka, an ancient city in the Phoenician region north of Tripoli. Scripture uses the name as part of its historical and genealogical record rather than as a theological or doctrinal category.",
  "background_biblical_context": "The Arkites appear in the Table of Nations, where Genesis traces the peoples descending from Noah through Ham and Canaan. The listing situates them within the ancient world known to Israel and helps map the ethnic and geographic setting of early biblical history.",
  "background_historical_context": "The name is commonly connected with Arka, an ancient site in the region of Phoenicia. This suggests the Arkites were a local Canaanite or Phoenician-related group known in the broader Levantine world of the Old Testament era.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Ancient Jewish readers would have understood such names as part of the genealogical map of the nations, marking real peoples and regions within the scriptural record. The emphasis is historical and covenantal, not speculative.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Genesis 10:17",
    "1 Chronicles 1:15"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Genesis 10:1-20",
    "1 Chronicles 1:1-17"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "The Hebrew form identifies an ethnonym, a name for a people group, rather than a theological concept.",
  "theological_significance": "The term itself is not a doctrine, but it contributes to Scripture’s account of the nations descending from Noah and Canaan. It also reinforces the biblical presentation of real peoples and places in salvation history.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "Arkite is a historical-ethnic label. Its value lies in identifying a people within the biblical worldview, not in carrying abstract theological content.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not press the term beyond what Scripture says. The identification with Arka is likely but should be presented cautiously rather than dogmatically.",
  "major_views_note": "Most interpreters understand Arkite as a people group associated with Arka in Phoenicia. The basic identification is widely accepted, though the precise historical details are limited.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Arkite should not be treated as a doctrinal category or as evidence for speculative genealogy beyond the biblical text. It is a biblical ethnonym within the Table of Nations.",
  "practical_significance": "Entries like Arkite help readers follow the historical and geographic world of Genesis and Chronicles and better understand the scope of the nations in Scripture.",
  "meta_description": "Arkite: a biblical Canaanite people group listed in the Table of Nations.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/arkite/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/arkite.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}