Meaning
(1) the King James Version form (Gen 10:22, Gen 10:24, Gen 11:12, Gen 11:13, 1Chr 1:17) of the Revised Version (British and American) ARPACHSHAD, which see. See also TABLE OF NATIONS.
(2) In Apocrypha (Judith 1) a king of the Medes, who reigned in Ecbatana. He was defeated and slain by Nebuchadrezzar.