Bible Names

Achzib: meaning of the name

Achzib means “liar; lying; one that runs.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Achzib in Hebrew and Greek

אַכְזִיב H392

ʼAkzîyb (ak-zeeb') — Akzib, the name of two places in Palestine

from H391 (אַכְזָב); deceitful (in the sense of a winter-torrent which fails in summer);

Places named Achzib

Achzib in Scripture

“Achzib” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Joshua 15:44

    And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:

  • Joshua 19:29

    And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

  • Judges 1:31

    Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

  • Micah 1:14

    Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth–gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.