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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 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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Aenon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(springs) a place "near to Salim," at which John baptized. Joh 3:23 It was evidently west of the Jordan, comp. Joh 3:22 with John 3:26 and with John 1:28 and abounded in water. It is given in the Omomasticon as eight miles south of Scythopolis "near Salem and the Jordan."...

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Ai in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("heap of rains".)1. AI or HAI, i.e. the Ai (Genesis 12:8); a royal city (Joshua 7:2; Joshua 8:9; Joshua 8:23; Joshua 8:29; Joshua 10:1-2; Joshua 12:9); E. of Bethel, "beside Bethaven." The second Canaanite city taken by Israel and "utterly destroyed." The name AIATH still belonged to the locality when Sennacherib marched against Jerusalem (Isa...

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Abanah River in Easton's Bible Dictionary

stony (Heb. marg. "Amanah," perennial), the chief river of Damascus (2 Kings 5:12). Its modern name is Barada, the Chrysorrhoas, or "golden stream," of the Greeks. It rises in a cleft of the Anti-Lebanon range, about 23 miles north-west of Damascus, and after flowing southward for a little way parts into three smaller streams, the central one fl...

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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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Adria in Naves Topical Bible

Sea of Ac 27:27...

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Aenon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

springs, a place near Salim where John baptized (John 3:23). It was probably near the upper source of the Wady Far'ah, an open valley extending from Mount Ebal to the Jordan. It is full of springs. A place has been found called 'Ainun, four miles north of the springs....

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Ai in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Aiath - same as Ai; an hour; eye; fountain...

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Abanah River in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The chief river of Damascus, the modern Barada, called by the Greeks "the golden stream," flowing through the heart of the city and supplying it with water. The Pharpar mentioned with it in 2 Kings 5:12 is further from Damascus, and answers to the Awaj. The Barada rises in the Antilibanus mountain range, 23 miles from the city, and has the lar...

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