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Strong's #5912 - עָכָן

Transliteration
ʻÂkân
Phonetics
aw-kawn'
Origin
from an unused root meaning to trouble
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. 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
Verse Results
ASV (6)
Joshua 6
BSB (6)
Joshua 6
CSB (6)
Joshua 6
ESV (6)
Joshua 6
KJV (6)
Joshua 6
LEB (6)
Joshua 6
LSB (6)
Joshua 6
N95 (6)
Joshua 6
NAS (6)
Joshua 6
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
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
 
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