apharsathchites Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
apharsathchites in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
APHAR'SITES or APHAR'SATHCHITES colonists from Assyria to Samaria. 1 Kgs Ezra, 4:9;Jud 5:6; 1 Kgs 6:6.
apharsathchites in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Apharsachites identical (Ezra 4:9; Ezra 5:6), Apharsites distinct (Ezra 4:9). There were mountaineers, Paraetacae, between Media and Persia, who may answer to the former. The latter seems to correspond to the Persians, in a local and restricted sense; else the Parrhasii.