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(Hebrew Achuzzath', àֲçֻæִּú , possession, as often in the constr. of àֲçֻæָּä ; otherwise, tenacious [the termination "-ath" being frequent in Philistine nouns, SEE GATH, SEE GOLIATH, etc.]; Sept. Ï᾿÷ïæÜè ,Vulg. Ochozath), the "friend" ( øֵò ; Sept. íõìöáãùãüò , bridesman; but rather, evidently, that unofficial but important personage of ancient Oriental courts called
"the king's friend" or favorite) of Abimelech' (q.v.) II, king of Gerar, who attended him on his visit to Isaac (Gen_26:26), B.C. cir. 1985.