Bible Person
Meaning: adorned; bursting the veil · Female · 4 cross references
Achsah is Caleb's daughter and the wife of Othniel, remembered for boldly requesting springs of water along with land. She is one of the clearest women in the conquest-settlement narratives to speak and secure practical blessing. First appears in Josh 15:16.1
AI summary: Achsah matters because the cross references present her as a woman of initiative within the distribution of the land. Her marriage to Othniel links her to a leading deliverer, but her own request for water sources gives her distinct agency and practical wisdom. She is not merely transferred in marriage; she actively shapes the inheritance. Taken together, the material presents Achsah as a perceptive and assertive daughter whose request turns inheritance into fruitful provision.1
Central Figure
Achsah
Meaning: adorned; bursting the veil
Anklet, Caleb’s only daughter (1 Chr.
Anklet, Caleb’s only daughter (1 Chr. 2:49). She was offered in marriage to the man who would lead an attack on the city of Debir, or Kirjath-sepher. This was done by Othniel (q.v.), who accordingly obtained her as his wife (Josh. 15:16-19; Judg. 1:9-15). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.