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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Achzib_1 • A town in Judah, birthplace of Shelah.

Achzib (Chezib, Cozeba), a town in Judah's Shephelah region.

• A location first mentioned at Jos.15.44;
• referred to as Achzib אַכְזִיב, or Chezib כְּזִיב, or Cozeba (KJV= Chozeba, NIV= Kozeba) כֹּזְבָא.
  

Achzib, also known as Chezib or Cozeba, was a town located in the Shephelah (foothills) region of Judah (Joshua 15:44). It is first mentioned in Genesis 38:5 as the place where Judah's son Shelah was born. The town is later listed in the genealogies of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:22).

In Micah 1:14, Achzib is mentioned in a prophetic oracle of judgment against Judah, where it is described as a deception to the kings of Israel, possibly implying that the town would fail to provide the expected support or loyalty. The exact location of Achzib is debated, but it is generally identified with the ruins of Tel el-Beida, about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Beit Gubrin (Eleutheropolis) in the Shephelah.

All entries for Achzib or Chezib or Cozeba: אַכְזִיב ☩ כְּזִיב ☩ כֹּזְבָא