Lexical Definition

‎אַכְזִיב‎ ʼAkzîyb (ak-zeeb') Achzib ^N:N--L
from ‎אַכְזָב‎; deceitful (in the sense of a winter-torrent which fails in summer)

Achzib.

• § Achzib = "deceit"
• Akzib, the name of two places in Palestine

1) a town in the lowland of west Judah
2) a town in Asher by the Sea of Galilee

See Greek: μάταιος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַכְזִיב‎

proper name, of a location 1. in lowland of Judah Josh 15:44 (ᵐ5 Ακιεζει καὶ Κεζειβ, ᵐ5^L Αχζειβ), Mic 1:14 (ᵐ5 οἴκους ματαίους; see also ‎כְּזִיב‎, ‎כֹּזֵבָא‎).

2. in Asher Judg 1:31 (ᵐ5 Ασχαζει), and (‎אַכְזִ֫יבָה‎) Josh 19:29 (ᵐ5 Εχοζοβ, A Αχζειφ, ᵐ5^L Αχαζειβ); it lay on the coast south of Tyre, in Assyrian Akzibi, COT^{Josh 19:29} Dl^{Par. 284}; Greek Εκδιππα; modern ez-Zîb, Bd^{Pal. 272} Buhl^{G. § 120 and} (on pronunciation) Kasteren^{ZPV xiii. 101}.

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