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Lexicon :: Strong's H5912 - ʿāḵān

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עָכָן
Transliteration
ʿāḵān
Pronunciation
aw-kawn'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to trouble
Strong’s Definitions

עָכָן ʻÂkân, aw-kawn'; from an unused root meaning to trouble; troublesome; Akan, an Israelite:—Achan. Compare H5917.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H5912 in the following manner: Achan (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H5912 in the following manner: Achan (6x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָכָן ʻÂkân, aw-kawn'; from an unused root meaning to trouble; troublesome; Akan, an Israelite:—Achan. Compare H5917.
STRONGS H5912: Abbreviations
† 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 [H5917 1 Chronicles 2:7] (from עָכוֺר [H5911 Joshua 7:26], see also עָכָר); Αχαρ, Αχαν.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

7:1; 7:18; 7:19; 7:20; 7:24; 22:20

H5912

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Strong's Number H5912 matches the Hebrew עָכָן (ʿāḵān),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things[fn]; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri,[fn] the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the LORD’s anger burned against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18 - Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:19 - Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:20 - Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,[fn] did not wrath come on the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’ ”
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