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Strong's #390 - אַכַּד

Transliteration

ʼAkkad

Phonetics

ak-kad'

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning to strengthen

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Accad = "subtle"
1. a city in north Babylonia, also the district around it

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Genesis 1

BSB (1)

Genesis 1

CSB (1)

Genesis 1

ESV (1)

Genesis 1

KJV (1)

Genesis 1

LEB (1)

Genesis 1

LSB (1)

Genesis 1

N95 (1)

Genesis 1

NAS (1)

Genesis 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Genesis 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַכַּד proper name, of a location Akkad Genesis 10:10 וַתְּהִי רֵאשִׁיתוְכַלְנֶה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃ ׳מַמְלַכְתּוֺ בָּבֶל וְאֶרֶח וְא; name of a city in Northern (?) Babylonia; = Babylonian Akkadi, mostly name of land or district, but also of city, see Hilpr^{Freibrief Neb. I, col. ii, 1. 50}; location uncertain; on possible identification or confusion with Agade ( A gate, A gane ?), city of Sargon I, compare Dl^{Pa 198 & K 19f.} COT Genesis 10:10 Tiele^{Geschichte i. 76 f}.

אַכְזָב, אַכְזִיב see כזב.

אַכְזָר, אַכְזָרִי, אַכְזְרִיּוּת see כזר.

List of Word Forms

וְאַכַּ֣ד ואכד veakKad wə’akkaḏ wə·’ak·kaḏ