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(Heb. Akshaph', àִáְùָׁ Š, fascination: Sept. Á᾿÷áóÜö ) a royal city of the Canaanites, in the northern part of Palestine (Jos_11:1) whose king was overthrown by Joshua (Jos_12:20). It was situated on the eastern boundary of the tribe of Asher, and is named between Beten and Alammelech (Jos_19:25). By some (see Reland, Paloest, p. 543) it has been regarded as the same as Achzib, but this is mentioned separately (Jos_19:29). By others (e.g. Hammesveld, 3, 237) it has been assumed to be the same as Accho or Acre, and Schwarz (Palest. p. 191) thinks it is the modern village Kefr-Yasif, five miles north-east of that town; but this region is too far west for the Biblical notices. Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Á᾿êóáö ) locate it at the foot of Mount Tabor, eight miles from Diocaesarea; but they have evidently confounded it with Chesulloth (see Keil's Comment. on Jos_11:1). Dr. Robinson is probably correct in identifying it with the ruined village Kesaf, around a large tree, two miles north-east of Kubrikah, a little south of the Litany, and nearly midway between the Mediterranean and the Upper Jordan (new ed. of Researches, 3, 55).
Achshaph
Tristram identifies this town with the modern Khaifa, at the mouth of the Kishon, north of Carmel (Bible Places, p. 215); but with little probability, as Khaifa, seems to be the çå , choph (cove), or "haven" of Asher and Zebulon (Gen_49:13; "sea-side," Deu_1:7; “shore," Jdg_5:17; Jer_47:7; "coast," Jos_9:1; Eze_25:16).