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Achior
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ā´ki -or ( Ἀχιώρ , Achió̄r ): General of the Ammonites, who spoke in behalf of Israel before Holofernes, the Assyrian general (Judith 5:5ff). Holofernes ordered him bound and delivered at Bethulia to the Israelites (Judith 6), who received him gladly and with honor. Afterward he became a proselyte, was circumcised, and joined to Israel (Judith 14). In Numbers 34:27 it is the Septuagint reading for Ahihud, and in the Hebrew would be אחיאור , 'ăḳı̄'ōr , "brother of light.»Copyright Statement
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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Achior'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/achior.html. 1915.