ARKITE, THE

from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the context evidently located in the north of Phoenicia. The site which now bears the name of ’Arka lies on the coast, 2 to 2 1/2 hours from the shore, about 12 miles north of Tripoli and 5 south of the Nahr el-Kebir .

ARK'ITE, THE, a Canaanitish family settled in Arka, "a Phoenician town at the north-western base of Lebanon, where the worship of Astarte was practised." Gen 10:17; 1 Chr 1:15.