ʻÂkân — H5912

H5912 · Hebrew — עכן

Pronunciation: aw-kawn'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Akan, an Israelite

  1. Achan = "troubler"
  2. 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

Usually translated as

Achan

Origin

from an unused root meaning to trouble; troublesome

Occurrences

ʻÂkân occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (6)