H5912Hebrewʿāḵān
עָכָן
Akan, an Israelite
6
Total Occurrences
1
Books
6
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Strong’s Definition
Akan, an Israelite
Etymology & Derivation
from an unused root meaning to trouble; troublesome;
KJV Usage
Achan. Compare H5917 (עָכָר).
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.a 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
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: ʻÂkân; Pronunciation: aw-kawn'