Achsah bat Caleb (; Hebrew: עַכְסָה, also Acsah), was Caleb ben Yefune's only daughter. Her name comes from the word for "anklet", עכס (''ekes''). She was offered in

marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

to the man who would lead an attack on the city of

Debir A Biblical word, debir or dvir () may refer to: Names * Debir King of Eglon, a Canaanite king of Eglon, slain by Joshua (). Aided by miracles, Joshua's army routed the Canaanite military, forcing Debir and the other kings to seek refuge in a cav ...

, also called

Kirjath-sepher Kirjath Sepher (; in LXX ) was a location in southern Canaan which became part of the land allocated to the tribe of Judah when the Israelites conquered Canaan, according to the Hebrew Bible (Book of Joshua, and Book of Judges, ): ''And Caleb s ...

Kirjath-sannah A Biblical word, debir or dvir () may refer to: Names * Debir King of Eglon, a Canaanite king of Eglon, slain by Joshua (). Aided by miracles, Joshua's army routed the Canaanite military, forcing Debir and the other kings to seek refuge in a cav ...

. This was done by

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, Caleb's nephew or younger brother, who accordingly got to marry her. Achsah later requested, and was given, upper and lower springs of water (presumably in the

Negev The Negev ( ; ) or Naqab (), is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort town, resort city ...

from her father. Various

Septuagint The Septuagint ( ), sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy (), and abbreviated as LXX, is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Biblical Hebrew. The full Greek ...

manuscripts, in various passages, give her name as ''Ascha,'' ''Achsa,'' ''Aza,'' and ''Oxa.''Cheyne and Black (1899), ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,''entry for Achsah
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