Dict: easton - Achzib

easton:

Achzib @ falsehood.

(1.) A town in the Shephelah, or plain country of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:44); probably the same as Chezib of kjv@Genesis:38:5 = Ain Kezbeh.

(2.) A Phoenician city (the Gr. Ecdippa), always retained in their possession though assigned to the tribe of Asher kjv@Joshua:19:29; kjv@Judges:1:31). It is identified with the modern es
- Zib, on the Mediterranean, about 8 miles north of Accho.