Achsah
Achsah (/ˈæksə/; Hebrew: עַכְסָה, also Acsah), was Caleb ben Yefune's only daughter.[1] The meaning of her name is courageous.[2] In Biblical Names the meaning of the name Achsah is: Adorned, bursting the veil.
She was offered in marriage to the man who would lead an attack on the city of Debir, also called Kirjath-sepher/Kirjath-sannah. This was done by Othniel, Caleb's brother's son, who accordingly obtained her as his wife.[3]
Achsah later requested, and was given, upper and lower springs of water (presumably in the Negev) from her father.[4]
Various Septuagint manuscripts, in various passages, give her name as Ascha, Achsa, Aza, and Oxa.[5]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
- ^ 1 Chronicles 2:49
- ^ John L. Mckenzie (1 October 1995). The Dictionary Of The Bible. Simon and Schuster. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-684-81913-6.
- ^ Joshua 15:16–19; Judges 1:9–15
- ^ Judges 1:14–15
- ^ Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica,entry for Achsah