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Achsah - Definition and Overview |
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Achsah - anklet, Caleb's only daughter (1 Chr. 2:49). She was offered in marriage to the man who would lead an attack on the city of Debir, or Kirjath-sepher/Kirjath-sannah. This was done by Othniel (q.v.), who accordingly obtained her as his wife (Joshua 15:16-19; Judges 1:9-15). Achsah later asks for and is given upper and lower springs, presumably in the Negev. (Judges 1:14-15)
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Example Usage of Achsah |
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revjasont: younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved |
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revjasont: He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's |
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