אַכְשָׁף

אַכְשָׁף proper name, of a location in (Northern) Canaan, with a king Jos 11,1; Jos 12,20 situated on the border of Asher Jos 19,25, Egyptian 'A-k-sap WMM^As.u.Eur.181; ᵐ5 B Αζειφ A Ἀχσαφ, ᵐ5^L (Ἀ) χασαφ, etc.; site dubious; modern Iksâf or Kesâf, Rob^{BR iii. 55}, approximately 17 miles east of Tyre, and nearly 3 miles southwest of the great bend of the Litâny, is phonetically suitable, but much too far northeast for Jos 19,25 possibly there were two Akšaphs; compare Di^{Jos 11,1} Buhl^Geogr.237. See further Krall^{Tyrus U. Sidon 10,} Lag^{Onom. 218. 91, 3; 2d ed. 239}.