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Strong's #407 - אַכְשָׁף

Transliteration

ʼAkshâph

Phonetics

ak-shawf'

Origin

from (H3784)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Achshaph = "I shall be bewitched"
1. city in north Canaan at foot of Mt Carmel

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Joshua 3

BSB (3)

Joshua 3

CSB (2)

Joshua 3

ESV (3)

Joshua 3

KJV (3)

Joshua 3

LEB (3)

Joshua 3

LSB (3)

Joshua 3

N95 (3)

Joshua 3

NAS (3)

Joshua 3

NLT (0)

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

WEB (3)

Joshua 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַכְשָׁף proper name, of a location in (Northern) Canaan, with a king Joshua 11:1; Joshua 12:20; situated on the border of Asher Joshua 19:25, Egyptian 'A-k-sap WMM^As.u.Eur.181; ᵐ5 B Αζειφ A Ἀχσαφ, ᵐ5^L (Ἀ) χασαφ, etc.; site dubious; modern Iksâf or Kesâf, Rob^{BR iii. 55}, approximately 17 miles east of Tyre, and nearly 3miles southwest of the great bend of the Litâny, is phonetically suitable, but much too far northeast for Joshua 19:25; possibly there were two Akšaphs; compare Di^{Joshua 11:1} Buhl^Geogr.237. See further Krall^{Tyrus U. Sidon 10,} Lag^{Onom. 218. 91,3; 2 d ed. 239}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַכְשָׁף (“enchantment,” from the root כָּשַׁף), [Achshaph], pr.n. of a town in the tribe of Asher, Joshua 12:20, 19:25.

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List of Word Forms

אַכְשָֽׁף׃ אַכְשָׁ֖ף אכשף אכשף׃ וְאַכְשָֽׁף׃ ואכשף׃ ’aḵ·šāp̄ ’aḵšāp̄ achShaf veachShaf wə’aḵšāp̄ wə·’aḵ·šāp̄