HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H407
אַכְשָׁף
akh.shaph — Achshaph
§ Achshaph = "I shall be bewitched" city in north Canaan at foot of Mt Carmel
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Achshaph
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Fascination, a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Palestine (Josh. 11:1; 12:20; 19:25). It was in the eastern boundary of the tribe of Asher, and is identified with the modern ruined village of Kesaf or Yasif, N.E. of Accho.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.