Achor

Achor Scripture - Joshua 7:24

And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor....

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Achor in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a'-kor (`akhor, "trouble," the idea of the word being that of trouble which is serious and extreme. See ACHAN): The place where Achan was executed in the time of Joshua (Josh 7:24,26). In all the five places where it is mentioned it is described as the `emek, the arable valley of Achor. There is no ground in the record for the current idea tha...

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Achor Scripture - Joshua 7:26

And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day....

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Achor in Naves Topical Bible

A valley near Jericho Jos 7:26; 15:7; Isa 65:10; Ho 2:15...

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Achor Scripture - Hosea 2:15

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt....

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Achor in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(valley of trouble), the spot at which Achan was stoned. Jos 7:24,26 On the northern boundary of Judah, Jos 15:7 near Jericho....

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Achor Scripture - Isaiah 65:10

And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me....

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Achor in Easton's Bible Dictionary

trouble, a valley near Jericho, so called in consequence of the trouble which the sin of Achan caused Israel (Josh. 7:24,26). The expression "valley of Achor" probably became proverbial for that which caused trouble, and when Isaiah (Isa. 65:10) refers to it he uses it in this sense: "The valley of Achor, a place for herds to lie down in;" i.e....

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Achor in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

On the northern boundary of Judah (Joshua 15:7). (See ACHAN.)...

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