ARCHITE, THE

(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David’s friend Hushai. (2 Samuel 15:32; 17:5,14; 1 Chronicles 27:33)

AR'CHITE, THE, the designation always coupled, in the Bible, with the name of Hushai, David's faithful friend, 2 Sam 15:32; 2 Sam 16:16; 2 Sam 17:5-14; 1 Chr 27:33. It is not certain to what it refers—perhaps to "the districts of Erech which lay on the frontier of Ephraim, but this is mere conjecture."