Strong H5907H5907Hעַכְבּוֹר
Achbor
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5907
- Transliteration
- ‛akbôr
- Pronunciation
- ak-bore'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Achbor = "mouse"
General definition
Probably for H5909; {Akbor} the name of an Idumaean and two Israelites: - Achbor.
In the biblical story
Achbor
Official during the reign of King Josiah
Achbor, also known as Abdon, was an official during the reign of King Josiah of Judah and was involved in the discovery of the Book of the Law and the subsequent religious reforms.
In the Bible
Strong H5907H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- achbor4
First verses
- 2 Kings 22:12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
- 2 Kings 22:14So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
- Jeremiah 26:22And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
- Jeremiah 36:12Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.