Original: עָכָן

Transliteration: ʻÂkân

Phonetic: aw-kawn'

Short Definition: Achan

Original: עכן

Transliteration: ‛âkân

Phonetic: aw-kawn'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: from an unused root meaning to trouble

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H3275, H5917