H0392 H0392
Achzib, name of two Israelite towns: one in the lowland of Judah, one on the coast of Asher
A place name meaning something like 'deceptive' or 'disappointing,' perhaps alluding to a seasonal wadi that dries up. Two distinct towns bear this name: one in the Judean Shephelah listed among Judah's territorial allotments (Josh 15:44) and referenced in Micah's wordplay on deception (Mic 1:14), and another on the Mediterranean coast in the territory of Asher (Josh 19:29; Judg 1:31), identified with the later Greek Ekdippa and the modern site ez-Zib south of Tyre.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Two towns called Achzib. The Judean Achzib appears in Josh 15:44 and Mic 1:14, where Micah exploits its etymology with a pun on 'deception' (cf. the related root k-z-b). The Asherite Achzib on the Phoenician coast (Josh 19:29; Judg 1:31) was a Canaanite city the Israelites failed to dispossess. Translations uniformly transliterate: English 'Achzib,' Spanish 'Aczib,' French 'Achziv,' German 'Achziv,' with the variant 'Akhzivah' reflecting the directional he ending in Josh 19:29. 4×
AR["أَكْزيبَ", "أَكْزِيبَ", "وَ-أَكْزيبُ"]·ben["অক্ষীবকে", "অক্জীবের", "এবং-আক্সীব"]·DE["Achziv", "Akhzivah", "[אכזיב]", "und-Achziv"]·EN["Achzib", "Achziv", "Akhzivah", "and-Achziv"]·FR["Achziv", "Akhzivah", "Akzib", "et-Achziv"]·heb["אכזיב", "אכזיבה", "ו-אכזיב"]·HI["अकज़ीब-के", "अक्ज़ीब-के", "अक्जीबा", "और-अक्ज़ीब"]·ID["Akhzib", "dan-Akhzib"]·IT["Achziv", "Akhzivah", "[אכזיב]", "e-Achziv"]·jav["Akhzib", "Akhziba", "Akzib", "lan-Akhzib"]·KO["그리고-악지브", "악십", "악십을", "악지브"]·PT["'Akhziv", "Akhziv", "e-Akziv"]·RU["Ахзива", "и-Ахзив"]·ES["Aczib", "Akziv", "y-Aczib"]·SW["Akzibu", "na-Akzibu"]·TR["Akziv", "Akziv'in", "Akziv'ın", "ve-Akziv"]·urd["اور-اکزیب", "اکزیب", "اکزیب-کے", "اکزیبہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַכְזִיב n.pr.loc. 1. in lowland of Judah Jos 15:44 (𝔊 Ακιεζει καὶ Κεζειβ, 𝔊L Αχζειβ), Mi 1:14 (𝔊 οἴκους ματαίους; v. also כְּזִיב, כֹּזֵבָא). 2. in Asher Ju 1:31 (𝔊 Ασχαζει), and (אַכְוִ֫יבָה) Jos 19:29 (𝔊 Εχοζοβ, A Αχζειφ, 𝔊L Αχαζειβ); it lay on the coast S. of Tyre, in As; Akzibi, COT Jos 19:29 DlPar284; Gk. Εκδιππα; mod. ez-Zîb, BdPal. 272 BuhlG. § 120 and (on prounciation) KasterenZPV xiii. 101.