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Acshaphאכשפ

ak-shawf' · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Acshaph — attested in Josh 11:1 (3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Josh 11:1

וַיְהִ֕י כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ יָבִ֣ין מֶלֶךְ־חָצ֑וֹר וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֶל־יוֹבָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מָד֔וֹן וְאֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ שִׁמְר֖וֹן וְאֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ אַכְשָֽׁף׃

When the news reached King Jabin of Hazor, he sent messages to King Jobab of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria401
Letters4 consonants

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Acshaph appears in the stellar reading on 12 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
3 Jun 8267 BCECancer1
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3
11 Mar 5685 BCEGemini1
26 Mar 4831 BCEGemini1
5 Nov 4018 BCEGemini1
20 Mar 3242 BCETaurus2
21 Jun 1912 BCETaurus2
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2
18 Jul 144 BCEAries1
12 Jan 1994Pisces3
24 Apr 1857Pisces3
4 Feb 1962Pisces1