- List of minor biblical tribes
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See also – References – External links This list contains tribes or other groups of people named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.
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Contents: Top – A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Apharsachites
A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6-7).
Apharsites
Another of the tribes removed to Samaria, or perhaps the same as Apharsachites (Ezra 4:9)
Arkites
Arkites, also Archites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:17 and 1 Chronicles 1:15 and were inhabitants of the land of Canaan according to Joshua 16:2. David's friend Hushai was an Archite (2 Samuel 15:32).
Arvadites
Arvadites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.
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Girgashites
Girgashites, or Girgasites, were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:16 and 1 Chronicles 1:14 and were inhabitants of the land of Canaan according to Genesis 15:21, Deuteronomy 7:1, Joshua 3:10, 24:11, and Nehemiah 9:8. At times they are not listed along with the other Canaanite tribes inhabiting the Holy Land; according to some, such as Rashi, this is because they left the Land of Israel before the Israelites returned from Egypt.
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Hamathites
Hamathites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.
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Lehabim
Lehabim were a people descending of Mizraim according to Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11. See Lubims, Libu, and Ancient Libya.
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Naphtuhim
Naphtuhim were a people descending of Mizraim according to Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11.
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Zemarites
Zemarites were the descendants of Canaan according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16.
See also
- List of Biblical figures
- List of Biblical names
- List of minor Biblical figures
- Avvites (of Philistia)
References
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.
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