Bible Names

Achshaph: meaning of the name

Achshaph means “poison; tricks.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Achshaph in Hebrew and Greek

אַכְשָׁף H407

ʼAkshâph (ak-shawf') — Acshaph, a place in Palestine

from H3784 (כָּשַׁף); fascination;

Places named Achshaph

Achshaph in Scripture

“Achshaph” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Joshua 11:1

    And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

  • Joshua 12:20

    The king of Shimron–meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

  • Joshua 19:25

    And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,