Strong H6010H6010Gעֵ֫מֶק

Valley (of Achor)

One of the 12 senses of Strong H6010

Transliteration
‛êmeq
Pronunciation
ay'-mek
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition


Combined with a.khor (עָכוֹר " of Achor" H5911)
§ valley, vale, lowland, open country

General definition

From H6009; a vale (that {is} broad depression).: - {dale} {vale} valley [often used as a part of proper names]. See also H1025 .

In the biblical story

Achor Valley

A valley near Jericho, where Achan was stoned.

The Valley of Achor, where Achan was punished for his sin.

In the Bible

Strong H6010G appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • valley5

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Joshua 15:7
    And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En–shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En–rogel:
  4. 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.
  5. 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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