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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53145" /> ==
<p> <strong> [[Ocina]] </strong> . Taking the towns mentioned in order as fearing the advance of [[Holofernes]] ( Jdt 2:28 ), [[Sidon]] and [[Tyre]] are well known. With some certainty [[Sur]] may be identified with <em> Umm el-’AmÃ»d </em> , S. of <em> IskanderÃ»na </em> , which seems to have been formerly called <em> TurÃ¢n </em> . The next step takes us naturally to Acre, in later times known as <em> Accon </em> , in which we may find an echo of the earlier Ocina. </p> <p> W. Ewing. </p>
        
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53492" /> ==
<p> [most Oc'inza] ( '''''Ο᾿Κεινά''''' v. r. '''''Ο᾿Κινά''''' ''),'' a city on the sea-coast of [[Phoenicia]] or Palestine, only mentioned in connection with Sur (q.v.), in the apocryphal book of [[Judith]] (2:28), as being terrified at the approach of Holofernes. "The names seem to occur in a regular order from north to south; and as Ocina is mentioned between Tyre and Jemnaan:(Jabneh),its position agrees with that of the ancient [[Accho]] now ''Akka,'' and in mediaeval times sometimes called Acon (Brocardus; [[William]] of Tyre, etc.)" (Smith). The name may thus be a corruption of '''''Ἀκωνά''''' ( '''''עָכֹן''''' ). On an unfortunate conjecture in Gesenius, see Movers, in the ''Zeitschrf. Philosophie U. Kath. Theologie,'' 13:38. </p>
        
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6843" /> ==
<p> ''''' ṓ ''''' - ''''' sı̄´na ''''' , ''''' os´i ''''' - ''''' na ''''' , ''''' ok´i ''''' - ''''' na ''''' ( Ὀκεινά , <i> ''''' Okeiná ''''' </i> ): A town on the Phoenician coast South of Tyre, mentioned only in &nbsp; Judith 2:28 , in the account of the campaign of Holofernes in Syria. The site is unknown, but from the mention of Sidon and Tyre immediately preceding and Jemnaan, [[Azotus]] and [[Ascalon]] following, it must have been South of Tyre. One might conjecture that it was Sandalium (Iskanderuna) or <i> ''''' Umm ''''' </i> <i> ''''' ul ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' 'Awamı̄d ''''' </i> , but there is nothing in the name to suggest such an identification. </p>
        
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<ref name="term_53145"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ocina Ocina from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_53492"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ocina Ocina from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_6843"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ocina Ocina from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
        
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