Achshaph

Tel Keisan, possible location of Achshaph

Achshaph (Hebrew: אַכְשָׁף; in LXX Ancient Greek: Άξείφ or Άκσάφ)[1] was a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Canaan (Josh. 11:1; 12:20; 19:25). The name means "sorcery".[2]

  1. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1925). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 1. p. 112.
  2. ^ Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Achshaph."[1]