Lexical Definition

‎אַכַּד‎ ʼAkkad (ak-kad') Accad ^N:N--L
from an unused root probably meaning to strengthen; a fortress

Accad.

• § Accad = "subtle"
• Accad, a place in Babylon

1) a city in north Babylonia, also the district around it

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַכַּד‎ proper name, of a location Akkad Gen 10:10 ‎וַתְּהִי רֵאשִׁית‎ ‎וְכַלְנֶה בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃‎ ‎׳‎‎מַמְלַכְתּוֺ בָּבֶל וְאֶרֶח וְא‎; name of a city in Northern (?) Babylonia; = Babylonian Akkadi, mostly name of land or district, but also of city, see Hilpr^{Freibrief Neb. I, col. ii, 1. 50}; location uncertain; on possible identification or confusion with Agade (A gate, A gane ?), city of Sargon I, compare Dl^{Pa 198 & K 19 f.} COT Gen 10:10 Tiele^{Geschichte i. 76 f}. ‎אַכְזָב‎, ‎אַכְזִיב‎ see ‎כזב‎. ‎אַכְזָר‎, ‎אַכְזָרִי‎, ‎אַכְזְרִיּוּת‎ see ‎כזר‎.

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Accad • An ancient city in Nimrod's kingdom, probably Akkad.

Accad, one of the cities in Nimrod's kingdom, likely the Akkadian city of Akkad.

• A location only mentioned at Gen.10.10;
• only referred to as Accad אַכַּד.
  

Accad is mentioned in Genesis 10:10 as one of the four cities that formed the core of Nimrod's kingdom in Shinar (Babylonia). The other cities were Babel, Erech, and Calneh. Accad is generally identified with the ancient city of Akkad, which was the capital of the Akkadian Empire founded by Sargon the Great around 2334 BC. The exact location of Akkad is unknown, but it was likely situated somewhere in northern Babylonia. The reference to Accad in Genesis 10 is part of the "Table of Nations" which describes the spread of Noah's descendants after the Flood. It shows that Nimrod, a descendant of Ham, established a powerful kingdom in Mesopotamia in the generations following the Flood.

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