Achsah

{{Short description|Human biblical figure}}

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Achsah bat Caleb ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|k|s|ə}}; Hebrew: עַכְסָה, also Acsah), was Caleb ben Yefune's only daughter. Her name comes from the word for "anklet", עכס (ekes).{{Cite web |title=The amazing name Achsah: meaning and etymology |url=https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Achsah.html |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Abarim Publications |language=en}}

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 nephew or younger brother, who accordingly got to marry her.Joshua {{bibleverse-nb|Joshua|15:16-19|HE}}; Judges {{bibleverse-nb|Judges|1:9-15|HE}}

Achsah later requested, and was given, upper and lower springs of water (presumably in the Negev from her father.{{bibleverse|Judges|1:14-15|HE}}

Various Septuagint manuscripts, in various passages, give her name as Ascha, Achsa, Aza, and Oxa.[https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabib01cheyuoft Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica,entry for Achsah]