Arpachshad Summary
STEPBible TIPNR
Arpachshad, son of Shem, was born two years after the flood and was an ancestor of Abraham (Gen.10.22,24; 11:10-13; 1Ch.1.17-18,24; Luke 3:36).
son of Shem (GEN 10:22)
Lineage: God › Adam › Seth › Enos › Cainan › Mahalaleel › Jared › Enoch › Methuselah › Lamech › Noah › Shem › Arphaxad
Names
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Arphaxad
a healer; a releaser
- en Arpachshad
- en Arpachshad · Also called · H775 G742 · GEN 10:22
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Arphaxad
· Also called · H775 G742 · LUK 3:36 a healer; a releaser
- he אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד arəpachəshad · H775 · GEN 10:22
- he אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · H0775
- el Αρφαξαδ Arphaxad · G742 · GEN 10:22
- el Ἀρφαξὰδ A̓rphaxàd · G742 · LUK 3:36
- el Ἀρφαξάδ · G0742
- bg Арфаксад
Birth
Death
Mentioned in (10)
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Age · ≈ 438
Calculated from Scripture · Calculated from the years stated in the verses. Chronological estimates and co-regencies can produce different absolute dates.
35 + 403 = 438
Source calculation and assumptions
The year of Arpachshad_1's birth is the year his father, Shem_1, was born (1560) + the age of his father at Arpachshad_1's birth (100) = 1660. (This is also TWO years after the Flood ended (1658+2) = 1660)
The year of Arpachshad_1's death is the year his son, Shelah_1, was born (1695) + the years Arpachshad_1 lived after his son's birth (403) = 2098
Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born... two years after the Flood.
Dates and sources (14)
Absolute years are conditional chronological estimates. A biblical passage may state an age or event, but does not by itself establish a BCE year. Different calendar systems are preserved separately.
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Birth Theographic Matches the current date; this is not historical verificationTheographic signed year:
-2346· Calendar interpretation is unverified; the raw value is shown.Person mentions; these are not evidence for this date: 10
Source record and calculation
arphaxad_312·birthYeartheographic/People.csv· record 314SHA-256:54b859cc92aed68d7d3ee9b1deb8509d99aa9038518c202a375db27c73601528 -
Birth BibleData Alternative estimateBibleData BCE year:
2302→ ≈ 2302 BCSource record and calculation
Birth_Arpachshad_1·bce_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 26The year of Arpachshad_1's birth is the year his father, Shem_1, was born (1560) + the age of his father at Arpachshad_1's birth (100) = 1660. (This is also TWO years after the Flood ended (1658+2) = 1660)Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born... two years after the Flood ENDED. [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p21]SHA-256:e2a7e6af3ecada1c0bbccb13db27f9f2edf5da05414ed18972a26030b3588d1f -
Birth BibleData Alternative estimateAH with conditional Ussher anchor:
1660→ ≈ 2345 BCSource record and calculation
Birth_Arpachshad_1·event_year_ahbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 26The year of Arpachshad_1's birth is the year his father, Shem_1, was born (1560) + the age of his father at Arpachshad_1's birth (100) = 1660. (This is also TWO years after the Flood ended (1658+2) = 1660)Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born... two years after the Flood ENDED. [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p21]SHA-256:e2a7e6af3ecada1c0bbccb13db27f9f2edf5da05414ed18972a26030b3588d1f -
Birth BibleData Unverified estimate without an established conversionShulman AM:
1658· No established conversion to a BCE/CE year.Source record and calculation
Birth_Arpachshad_1·shulman_am_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 26The year of Arpachshad_1's birth is the year his father, Shem_1, was born (1560) + the age of his father at Arpachshad_1's birth (100) = 1660. (This is also TWO years after the Flood ended (1658+2) = 1660)Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born... two years after the Flood ENDED. [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p21]SHA-256:e2a7e6af3ecada1c0bbccb13db27f9f2edf5da05414ed18972a26030b3588d1f -
Birth BibleData Unverified estimate without an established conversionUssher AM:
1658· No established conversion to a BCE/CE year.Source record and calculation
Birth_Arpachshad_1·ussher_am_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 26The year of Arpachshad_1's birth is the year his father, Shem_1, was born (1560) + the age of his father at Arpachshad_1's birth (100) = 1660. (This is also TWO years after the Flood ended (1658+2) = 1660)Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born... two years after the Flood ENDED. [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p21]SHA-256:e2a7e6af3ecada1c0bbccb13db27f9f2edf5da05414ed18972a26030b3588d1f -
Birth BibleData Alternative estimateUssher BCE year:
2346→ ≈ 2346 BCSource record and calculation
Birth_Arpachshad_1·ussher_bce_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 26The year of Arpachshad_1's birth is the year his father, Shem_1, was born (1560) + the age of his father at Arpachshad_1's birth (100) = 1660. (This is also TWO years after the Flood ended (1658+2) = 1660)Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born... two years after the Flood ENDED. [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p21]SHA-256:e2a7e6af3ecada1c0bbccb13db27f9f2edf5da05414ed18972a26030b3588d1f -
Birth BibleData Alternative estimateAH with conditional Ussher anchor:
1660→ ≈ 2345 BCSource record and calculation
Life_of_Arpachshad_1·start_year_ahbibledata/BibleData-Epoch.csv· record 15The year of Arpachshad_1's birth is the year his father, Shem_1, was born (1560) + the age of his father at Arpachshad_1's birth (100) = 1660. (This is also TWO years after the Flood ended (1658+2) = 1660)Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born... two years after the Flood.SHA-256:65c039696b500962489cf6e3cfe30e7fb9e03dc24ed62d662cedc4f66cb3c40d -
Death Theographic Matches the current date; this is not historical verificationTheographic signed year:
-1908· Calendar interpretation is unverified; the raw value is shown.Person mentions; these are not evidence for this date: 10
Source record and calculation
arphaxad_312·deathYeartheographic/People.csv· record 314SHA-256:54b859cc92aed68d7d3ee9b1deb8509d99aa9038518c202a375db27c73601528 -
Death BibleData Alternative estimateBibleData BCE year:
1864→ ≈ 1864 BCSource record and calculation
Death_Arpachshad_1·bce_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 52The year of Arpachshad_1's death is the year his son, Shelah_1, was born (1695) + the years Arpachshad_1 lived after his son's birth (403) = 209835 years + 403 years = 438 years total [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p26]SHA-256:ce2263640b4ee73b264e86ee3788d3336f1cdc8d643f296e69aa6199b25a8296 -
Death BibleData Alternative estimateAH with conditional Ussher anchor:
2098→ ≈ 1907 BCSource record and calculation
Death_Arpachshad_1·event_year_ahbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 52The year of Arpachshad_1's death is the year his son, Shelah_1, was born (1695) + the years Arpachshad_1 lived after his son's birth (403) = 209835 years + 403 years = 438 years total [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p26]SHA-256:ce2263640b4ee73b264e86ee3788d3336f1cdc8d643f296e69aa6199b25a8296 -
Death BibleData Unverified estimate without an established conversionShulman AM:
2096· No established conversion to a BCE/CE year.Source record and calculation
Death_Arpachshad_1·shulman_am_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 52The year of Arpachshad_1's death is the year his son, Shelah_1, was born (1695) + the years Arpachshad_1 lived after his son's birth (403) = 209835 years + 403 years = 438 years total [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p26]SHA-256:ce2263640b4ee73b264e86ee3788d3336f1cdc8d643f296e69aa6199b25a8296 -
Death BibleData Unverified estimate without an established conversionUssher AM:
2096· No established conversion to a BCE/CE year.Source record and calculation
Death_Arpachshad_1·ussher_am_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 52The year of Arpachshad_1's death is the year his son, Shelah_1, was born (1695) + the years Arpachshad_1 lived after his son's birth (403) = 209835 years + 403 years = 438 years total [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p26]SHA-256:ce2263640b4ee73b264e86ee3788d3336f1cdc8d643f296e69aa6199b25a8296 -
Death BibleData Alternative estimateUssher BCE year:
1908→ ≈ 1908 BCSource record and calculation
Death_Arpachshad_1·ussher_bce_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 52The year of Arpachshad_1's death is the year his son, Shelah_1, was born (1695) + the years Arpachshad_1 lived after his son's birth (403) = 209835 years + 403 years = 438 years total [Shulman date p18] [Ussher date p26]SHA-256:ce2263640b4ee73b264e86ee3788d3336f1cdc8d643f296e69aa6199b25a8296 -
Death BibleData Alternative estimateAH with conditional Ussher anchor:
2098→ ≈ 1907 BCSource record and calculation
Life_of_Arpachshad_1·end_year_ahbibledata/BibleData-Epoch.csv· record 15The year of Arpachshad_1's death is the year his son, Shelah_1, was born (1695) + the years Arpachshad_1 lived after his son's birth (403) = 2098Shem was 100 years old when Arpachshad was born... two years after the Flood.SHA-256:65c039696b500962489cf6e3cfe30e7fb9e03dc24ed62d662cedc4f66cb3c40d
One-parent family
- Son: Cainan
Took part in (4)
- Birth of Arphaxad · c. 2346 BC
- Lifetime of Arphaxad · c. 2346 BC – 1908 BC
- Birth of Salah · c. 2311 BC
- Death of Arphaxad · c. 1908 BC
Belonged to (1)
Arpachshad Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Arpachshad, also spelled Arphaxad, was a son of Shem and grandson of Noah. He was born two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old. At age 35, Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. He lived 403 years after Shelah's birth and had other sons and daughters. Arpachshad was an ancestor of Abraham and is listed in both the genealogies in Genesis and in Jesus' genealogy in Luke 3. His name is of uncertain meaning but may be related to the region of Arrapḫa in Assyria.
Arphaxad Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans. The tendency is to recognize in the word the name of the country nearest the ancient domain of the Chaldeans. Some regard the word as an Egypticized form of the territorial name of Ur Kasdim, or Ur of the Chaldees.
Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Arpachshad_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Arpachshad@Gen.10.22-Luk) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, arphaxad_312)