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OTHNIEL

(Heb. ʾoʾēl)

An Israelite judge, the son of Kenaz and the nephew (less likely the younger brother) of Caleb, who became Caleb’s son-in-law by capturing Debir (Kiriath-sepher) and thus winning Achsah, the daughter of Caleb, as wife (Josh. 15:15-19 = Judg. 1:11-15). Othniel later delivered the people from the oppressive hand of Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim (Judg. 3:7-11). The name Othniel functions as a clan name in a genealogical list of commissioned officers (1 Chr. 27:15). Caleb and Othniel may represent, respectively, eponymous ancestors of elder and younger clans of the tribe of Kenaz (the Kenizzites) that were absorbed into Judah.

Rick R. Marrs







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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