H5912Hebrewʿāḵān
עָכָן
Achan. Compare H5917 (עָכָר).
6
Total Occurrences
1
Books
6
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1a judaite who violated god's specific ban on taking any loot from the captured city of jericho and was stoned to death along with his family for this violation
Etymology & Derivation
from an unused root meaning to trouble; troublesome;
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: ʻÂkân; Pronunciation: aw-kawn'