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Achor
Meaning: trouble.
This was the name of a valley near Jericho, so named because of the trouble which the sin of Achan caused Israel (Joshua 7:24, 26).
The expression “valley of Achor” probably became proverbial for that which caused trouble, and when Isaiah (Isaiah 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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