List of minor biblical tribes
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This list contains tribes or other groups of people named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.
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Accaba, descendants of
For the descendants of "Accaba" (1 Esdras 5:30, Revised Version), see the entry for Hagab.
Agaba, descendants of
For the "Agaba" of 1 Esdras 5:30, see Hagab.
Ahumai
Ahumai, according to 1 Chronicles 4:2, was the name of a clan within the Tribe of Judah. The name "Ahuman" appears only in this verse of the Hebrew Bible, and manuscripts of the Greek Septuagint read Acheimei, Achimai or Achiman. The Encyclopaedia Biblica raises the possibility that the correct reading is "Ahiman" rather than "Ahumai."
Apharsachites
A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6–7).
Apharsathchites
Apharsathchites, according to Ezra 4:9, were among the groups of people who wrote a letter to the Persian emperor in opposition to the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The exact spelling "Apharsathchites" occurs only in Ezra 4:9. However, an alternate form of the same name, "Apharsachites," appears in Ezra 5:6 and 6:6. According to the Encyclopaedia Biblica, the term seems to be "the title of certain officers under Darius," and it is "misunderstood" as referring to a tribe of people.
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