Achor

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary


ACHOR (’çmeq ’âkhôr, ‘Vale of Grief’).—Here Achan (wh. see), with his family, was stoned to death. It lay on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin (Jos_15:7 etc.). Guthe identifies it with the plain south of Jericho, between the mountains on the west, and Jordan and the Dead Sea on the east. Wâdy Kelt, a tremendous gorge which breaks down from the mountain W. of Jericho, probably formed the boundary between Judah and Benjamin. In the mouth of this valley, it seems likely, the execution took place.
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


On the northern boundary of Judah (Jos_15:7). (See ACHAN.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Valley of, between Jericho and Ai. So called from the trouble brought upon the Israelites by the sin of Achan; Achor in the Hebrew denoting trouble.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.


ā̄?kor (עכור, ‛ākhō̄r, ?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 (Jos_7:24, Jos_7:26). In all the five places where it is mentioned it is described as the ‛ēmek, the arable valley of Achor. There is no ground in the record for the current idea that it must have been a locality with horrid and dismal physical features. It was on a higher level than the camp of Israel in the Jordan valley, and on a lower level than Debir - a different Debir from that of Jos_15:15. In a general way, as indicated by the points mentioned in the border of Judah, it was north of Betharabah, and south of Debir (Jos_7:24; Jos_15:7). Many identify it with the Wady Kelt which descends through a deep ravine from the Judean hills and runs between steep banks south of the modern Jericho to Jordan, the stream after rams becoming a foaming torrent. Possibly the name may have been applied to a region of considerable extent. In Isa_65:10 it is a region on the east side of the mountain ridge which is in some sense balanced with Sharon on the west side. By implication the thing depicted seems to be these rich agricultural localities so far recovered from desolation as to be good grounds for cattle and sheep. Hosea recognizes the comforting aspect of the dreadful affair in the valley of Achor; it was a doorway of hope to pardoned Israel (Hos_2:15 (Hos_2:17)), and he hopes for like acceptance for the Israel of his own day.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


A?chor, a valley between Jericho and Ai, which received this name (signifying trouble) from the trouble brought upon the Israelites by the sin of Achan (Jos_7:24) [ACHAN].
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.


Jos_7:24 (c) This valley represents a place of sorrow and trouble in human lives. As Achan was stoned there, and his sin put away, so in our lives times of trouble and sorrow may be called "the place of Achor." There GOD's remedy is to be applied to the difficulty.

Hos_2:15 (c) The valley in this passage is described as a door of hope. When sin is judged and put away, then hope for GOD's blessing is revived, and joy replaces sorrow.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.


Achor
(Heb. Akor', עָכוֹר, trouble; Sept. Α᾿χωρ), the name of a valley (עֵמֶק, Sept. φάραγξ, κοιλάς, ῎Eμεκ) not far from Jericho, given in consequence of the trouble occasioned to the Israelites by the sin of Achan
(q.v.), who was stoned to death and buried there (Jos_7:24; Jos_7:26). It was known by the same name in the time of Jerome (Onomast. s.v.). The prophets more than once allude to it typically in predicting the glorious changes under the Messiah, either on account of its proverbial fertility (Isa_65:10) or by way of contrast with the unfortunate entrance of the Israelites near this pass into Canaan on their first approach (Hos_2:15). It was situated on the boundary of Judah and Benjamin, between the stone of Ben-Bonan and Debir, south of Gilgal (Jos_15:7), and was probably the same now called (see Zimmerman's Map) Wady Dabr, running into the Dead Sea east of Ain Jehair (Robinson's Researches, 2, 254). SEE TRIBE. Thomson (Land and Book, 2, 185) says vaguely that “it runs up from Gilgal toward Bethel;” but this is inconsistent with the above notices of location (comp. Keil, Comment. on Joshua p. 201). SEE CHERITH.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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