Lexical Summary Akkad: the name of a city in N. Bab Original Word: אַכַּדTransliteration: Akkad Phonetic Spelling: (ak-kad') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: the name of a city in N. Bab Meaning: Accad -- the name of a city in northern Babylon Strong's Concordance Accad From an unused root probably meaning to strengthen; a fortress; Accad, a place in Babylon -- Accad. Brown-Driver-Briggs H390. Akkad אַכַּד proper name, of a location Akkad Genesis 10:10 וְא וְאֶרֶח בָּבֶל ׳מַמְלַכְתּוֺ שִׁנְעָֽר׃ בְּאֶרֶץ וְכַלְנֶה רֵאשִׁית וַתְּהִי; name of a city in Northern (?) Babylonia; = Babylonian Akkadi, mostly name of land or district, but also of city, see HilprFreibrief Neb. I, col. ii, 1. 50; location uncertain; on possible identification or confusion with Agade (A gate, A gane ?), city of Sargon I, compare DlPa 198 & K 19 f. COT 10:10 TieleGeschichte i. 76 f. אַכְזִיב אַכְזָב, see כזב. אַכְזְרִיּוּת אַכְזָרִי, אַכְזָר, see כזר. |
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