HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6010
עֵ֫מֶק
e.meq — Valley (of Achor)
Combined with a.khor (עָכוֹר " of Achor" H5911) § valley, vale, lowland, open country
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Achor
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5911
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
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δεκάχορδος
dekachordos — ten-stringed
ten-stringed
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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., that which had been a source of calamity would become a source of blessing. Hosea also (Hos. 2:15) uses the expression in the same sense: “The valley of Achor for a door of hope;” i.e., trouble would be turned into joy, despair into hope. This valley has been identified with the Wady Kelt.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.