H5911 עָכוֹר (ʻÂkôwr) aw-kore'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

(Valley of) Achor

Biblical Persons & Places

Achor_Valley Valley of Achor

A location first mentioned at Jos.7.24; only referred to as Achor Valley (עָכוֹר עֵ֫מֶק).

Strong's Definition

Akor, the name of a place in Palestine

Derivation: from H5916 (עָכַר); troubled;

KJV Usage: Achor.

TWOT Reference: 1621a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) trouble, disturbance

1a) Achor-as the valley of trouble where Achan and his family were stoned

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָכוֹר (a.khor) — (Valley of) Achor.

Combined with e.meq (עֵ֫מֶק " Valley" H6010) the valley of trouble where Achan and his family were stoned This name means trouble, disturbance

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָכֹור (H5911)

name

Names of Landforms

Achor, Trouble = valley; ◄ located on northern border of territory of Judah; ► place where Achan, who "caused trouble for Israel" was stoned and buried; ≈ therefore associated with trouble and punishment

JOS 7:24 · JOS 7:26 · JOS 15:7 · ISA 65:10 · HOS 2:17

Reinier de Blois

עֵמֶק עָכֹור (H6010 · H5911)

noun m

Names of Landforms

Valley of Achor = valley; ◄ near Jericho; territory of Judah; ► place where Achan and his family were buried

JOS 7:24 · JOS 7:26 · JOS 15:7 · ISA 65:10 · HOS 2:17

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָכוֹר n.[m.] disturbance, trouble base

Bible Occurrences (5)

7:24 7:26 15:7

65:10

2:15

Joshua 7:24

Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything [else] he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

Joshua 7:26

And they heaped over [Achan] a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger.... Therefore... that place is called... the Valley of Achor to this day.

Joshua 15:7

Then [the border] went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. [It] continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out... at En-rogel.

Isaiah 65:10

Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

Hosea 2:15

There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.