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title: עַכְבּוֹר — Achbor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַכְבּוֹר (5907), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Achbor. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַכְבּוֹר

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«עַכְבּוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Achbor** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 5907 · **BDB:** עַכְבּוֹר

### Glosses

of.Achbor (5); Achbor (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Achbor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5907/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5907/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (mouse, cf. עַכְבָּר, v. GrayProp. N. 93; עכבר OH and Ph. as n.pr. Lzb 340 (cf. also on simil. Lat. n.pr. Cl-GannJAs 1883, Fev.–Mar. 128));—𝔊 Αχοβωρ: Edomite Gn 36:38, 39 (P) = עַכְבֹּר 1 Ch 1:49 (Baer Ginsb). courtier of Josiah 2 K 22:12, 14, perhaps also Je 26:22; 36:12 (cf. Gie and Ency. Bib.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַכְבּוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5907/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.38/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת שָׁא֑וּל וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו בַּ֥עַל חָנָ֖ן בַּ֥עַל חָנָ֖ן בֶּן־עַכְבּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Shaul and he.reigned in place.of.him Baal-Hanan Baal-Hanan the.son of.Achbor

*JPS 1917:* And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

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[1 Chronicles 1:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.49/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת שָׁא֑וּל וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו בַּ֥עַל חָנָ֖ן בַּ֥עַל חָנָ֖ן בֶּן־עַכְבּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Shaul and he.reigned in place.of.him Baal-Hanan Baal-Hanan the.son of.Achbor

*JPS 1917:* And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

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