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Bible Dictionary

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. This was done by Othniel (q.v.), who accordingly …

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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. ), who accordingly obtained her as his wife (Josh. 15:16-19; Judg. 1:9-15).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(ankle-chain, anklet), daughter of Caleb. Her father promised her in marriage to whoever should take Debir. Othniel, her father’s younger brother, took that city, and accordingly received the hand of Achsah as his reward. Caleb added to her dowry the upper and lower springs.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

ACH'SAH (anklet), the daughter of Caleb the son of Jephunneh, married to Othniel, her cousin or uncle (who took Kirjath-sepher or Debir), in accordance with Caleb's promise to give her hand to whomsoever should first smite the city. Achsah after her marriage obtained the upper and lower springs, with the fields in which they were, in addition to her dowry. Josh 15:15-19 ;Jud 1:11-15. See Othniel.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

adorned; bursting the veil

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