The origin of the name Achbor is Hebrew
| This is how Achbor is written in Hebrew: | This is how it is pronounced now. |
| עַכְבּוֹר | ak-bore’ |
The biblical meaning of the name Achbor is:
In The Bible:
Achbor was:
1. the father of Baalhanan king of Edom
The name Achbor appears in the bible in the following verses:
Genesis 36:38 KJV
And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
Genesis 36:39 KJV
And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
2 Kings 22:12 KJV
And 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 22:14 KJV
So 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.
1 Chronicles 1:49 KJV
And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
Jeremiah 26:22 KJV
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
Jeremiah 36:12 KJV
Then 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.
