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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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But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things devoted to destruction. Achan H5912, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things; therefore the anger of Yahweh burned against the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18 - And he brought his household near man by man; and Achan H5912, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:19 - Then Joshua said to Achan H5912, “My son, I implore you, give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and declare to me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:20 - So Achan H5912 answered Joshua and said, “Truly, I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and [fn]this is what I did:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan H5912 the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his [fn]oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the valley of [fn]Achor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - ‘Did not Achan H5912 the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things devoted to destruction, and indignation fall on all the congregation of Israel? But he was not the only man to breathe his last in his iniquity.’”
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