עָכוֹרʻÂkôwr

disturbance, trouble, only in ׳ עֵמֶק ע valley of trouble, west or southwest from Jericho (Joshua 7:24; Joshua 7:26; Joshua 15:7; Hosea 2:17; Isaiah 65:10)

Pronunciation: aw-kore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5911

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 7:24 Then Joshua and all the Israelites took Achan, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, tent, and everything he had, and they brought them to the valley of Achor.
  • Joshua 7:26 They piled a great heap of stones over Achan, which remains to this day. That is why the place has been called the Valley of Trouble ever since. So the Lord was no longer angry.
  • Joshua 15:7 From that point it went through the valley of Achor to Debir, turning north toward Gilgal, which is across from the slopes of Adummim on the south side of the valley. From there the boundary extended to the springs at En-shemesh and on to En-rogel.
  • Isaiah 65:10 The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks for my people who have searched for me, and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds.
  • Hosea 2:15 I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).