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'

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