Ochran (Hastings' Dictionary)

Father of Pagiel, an Asherite prince, Nu 1!% 27 773. τὶ 10%, OCIDELUS (A Ὠκείδηλος, B 'Nxaf\ndos), 1 Es 9%, a corruption of Jozabad in Ezr 10”, OCINA (’Oxewd) occurs only in Jth 2%, where it is grouped with Sidon, Tyre, etc., as terror-stricken at the approach of Holoternes. The names of the cities are given in order, proceeding southward along the sea-coast. First come Sidon and Tyre, then follow Sur, Ocina, and Jemnaan. Sur has been taken for Tyre (Smith’s DB, art.

‘Ocina’), and this (Str) is the modern name of that town. But the name of Tyre is already given in its usual form, and it is more natural to suppose that Sur refers to another place. Tremelius and Junius speak of it as locus maritimus inter Tyrum et tolemaida, and identify it with Sandalium (Scan- dalium), the modern Jskandertina. A short distance south of /skandertina lie the very ancient ruins of Umm el-Amiad, the older name of which seems to have been 7urdn (Baedeker, Pal.* 272).

This is a more probable identification, and, if accepted, we pass naturally to Acre as the next important city to the south. The mediwval name Acon (see art. ACCO) may very well represent the older Ocina, which Ptolemais had failed altogether to supplant. If Jemnaan is found at Jabneel (which see) the distance from Acco is very great; this, however, does not tell against the identification suggested. W. Ewrna.