In the bible, Achbor is the name of the father of Baal-hanan (GEN 36:38), as well as name of son of Micaiah (2KI 22:12). Meaning of the name: a rat; bruising. Related names are:
Baal,
Shaphan,
Hilkiah (and others ...)
. The translations of Achbor in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Acbor in Portuguese to
Αχοβωρ in Greek!
And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. (GEN 36:38)
And Baal-hanan 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. (GEN 36:39)
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, (2KI 22:12)
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. (2KI 22:14)
And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. (1CH 1:49)
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. (JER 26:22)
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. (JER 36:12)