ARKITE är’ kīt (עַרְקִ֖י). An inhabitant of the town of Arka, modern Tell ’Arqa, about twelve m. NE of Tripolis, Syria, and about four m. from the sea. Arkites are mentioned in the genealogy of Noah as descendants of Canaan (Gen 10:17; 1 Chron 1:15). Arka was taken by Tiglath-pileser III in 738 b.c. The Emperor Alexander Severus was born there, and it was later called Caesarea Libani. It is mentioned in Assyrian inscrs. under the name Irkatah.