Arphaxad ar-fak'-sad:
(1) the King James Version form (Genesis 10:22, Genesis 10:24, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:13, 1 Chronicles 1:17) of the Revised Version (British and American) ARPACHSHAD, which see. See also TABLE OF NATIONS.
(2) In Apocrypha (Judith 1) a king of the Medes, who reigned in Ecbatana. He was defeated and slain by Nebuchadrezzar.