Achan
עָכָרStrong’s H5917akhar (a-khar)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Akhar is the Hebrew word usually translated “achar”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.”
Meaning
- 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 violationalternate spelling for 'Achan'
How it's translated
- achar 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
עָכָר akhar · Achan
A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.7.1; son of: Carmi (H3756H) Another spelling of a.khan (עָכָן "Achan" H5912) § Achar = "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 1a) alternate spelling for 'Achan'
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.