Lexical Definition

‎עַכְבּוֹר‎ ʻAkbôwr (ak-bore') Achbor ^N:N-M-P
probably for ‎עַכְבָּר‎

Achbor.

• § Achbor = "mouse"
• Akbor, the name of an Idumaean and of two Israelites

1) father of king Baal-hanan of Edom
2) son of Michaiah and contemporary of king Josiah of Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַכְבּוֺר‎, ‎עַכְבֹּר‎ proper name, masculine (mouse, compare ‎עַכְבָּר‎, see Gray^{Prop. N. 93}; ‎עכבר‎ Old Hebrew and Phoenician as proper name Lzb³⁰⁴ (compare also on similar Latin proper name ClGann^{JAs 1883, Fev.- Mar. 128})); — ᵐ5 Αχοβωρ:

1. Edomite Gen 36:38; Gen 36:39 (P) = ‎עַכְבֹּר‎ 1Chr 1:49 (Baer Ginsb).

2. courtier of Josiah 2Kgs 22:12; 2Kgs 22:14, perhaps also Jer 26:22; Jer 36:12 (compare Gie and Ency. Bib.).

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