ʻÂkâr — H5917

Definition

masculine proper noun

Akar, an Israelite

1. Achar = "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
1. alternate spelling for 'Achan'

Usually translated as

Achar

Origin

from H5916; troublesome

• Derived from ʻâkar (H5916)

Occurrences

ʻÂkâr occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1)

• 1 Chronicles 2:7 — And the sons of Carmi; Achar (עָכָר֙), the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.