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Achsah

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Achsah from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum

Achsah (Template:IPAc-en; Hebrew: עַכְסָה, also Acsah), was Caleb ben Yefune's only daughter. Her name comes from the word for "anklet", עכס (ekes).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Joshua Template:Bibleverse-nb; Judges Template:Bibleverse-nb</ref>

Achsah later requested, and was given, upper and lower springs of water (presumably in the Negev) from her father.<ref>Template:Bibleverse</ref>

Various Septuagint manuscripts, in various passages, give her name as Ascha, Achsa, Aza, and Oxa.<ref>Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica,entry for Achsah</ref>

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