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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5912 - עָכָן
Transliteration
ʻÂkân
Phonetics
aw-kawn'
Root Word (Etymology)
from an unused root meaning to trouble
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Achan = “troubler”
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
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (6)
Joshua
6
NAS (6)
Joshua
6
HCS (6)
Joshua
6
BSB (6)
Joshua
6
ESV (6)
Joshua
6
WEB (6)
Joshua
6
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
עָכָן proper name, masculine man of Judah; — Joshua 7:1 (P), Joshua 7:18; Joshua 7:19; Joshua 7:20; Joshua 7:24 (JE), Joshua 22:20 (P); = עָכָר 1 Chronicles 2:7 (from עָכוֺר Joshua 7:26, see also עָכָר); Αχαρ, Αχαν.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
עָכָן pr.n. (“troubling,” i.q. עָכָר, as this name is actually written, 1 Chronicles 2:7), [Achan], an Israelite, who, by his sacrilege, occasioned the people to be smitten, Joshua 7:1, 22:20.
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List of Word Forms
עָכָ֗ן עָכָ֛ן עָכָ֞ן עָכָ֣ן עכן ‘ā·ḵān ‘āḵān aChan
