Lexicon
עַכְסָה
akh.sah
H5915
N:N-F-P Hebrew

Achsah

5
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3
Books
Hebrew
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akh.sah is the proper name of Caleb's daughter, named in a genealogy and in her marriage to Othniel.

The term is used as a proper name for Caleb's daughter: she is identified in a genealogy in 1 Chronicles 2:49 and is the daughter given as wife after Kiriath-sannah is captured in Joshua 15:16, Joshua 15:17, Judges 1:12, and Judges 1:13.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name for Caleb's daughter · dominant

    The form is tagged as a proper noun in every occurrence. In Joshua 15:16 and Judges 1:12, the APB renders Caleb's offer to give his daughter as wife to the one who captures Kiriath-sannah; Joshua 15:17 and Judges 1:13 report that Caleb gave her after Othniel captured it. In 1 Chronicles 2:49, the APB identifies her as Caleb's daughter within a genealogy.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as the personal name “Achsah,” identifying Caleb's daughter in a genealogy and in the marriage arrangement. The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses consistently place the name in those identifications.

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Across Scripture