ʻAkçâh — H5915

Definition

feminine proper noun

Aksah, an Israelitess

1. Achsah = "ankle chain" or "anklet"
2. the daughter of Caleb and wife of Caleb's brother Othniel to whom she was given as a reward for capturing Debir

Usually translated as

Achsah

Origin

feminine of H5914; anklet

• ʻekeç (H5914)

Occurrences

ʻAkçâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Joshua 15:16 — And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah (עַכְסָ֥ה) my daughter to wife.
• Joshua 15:17 — And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah (עַכְסָ֥ה) his daughter to wife.
• 1 Chronicles 2:49 — She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah (עַכְסָֽה).