H5911 - עָכוֹר (ʻÂkôwr)

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

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָכוֹר ‛âkôr BDB Definition: 1) trouble, disturbance 1a) Achor as the valley of trouble where Achan and his family were stoned Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5916 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1621a Total KJV Occurrences: 5

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.