`Akan - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H5912 עָכָן (`Akan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `Akan (aw-kawn') n/p. 1. troublesome 2. Akan, an Israelite It has 6 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include achan. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`Akan (aw-kawn') n/p. 1. troublesome 2. Akan, an Israelite [from an unused root meaning to trouble] KJV: Achan. Compare: H5917
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5912. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Achan
Usage: A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.7.1; son of: Carmi (H3756H) Also named: a.khar (עָכָר "Achan" H5917) § Achan = "troubler" 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `Akan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5912.
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5912, grouped by book.
Akan (Strong's H5912) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Akan". `Akan (aw-kawn') n/p. 1. troublesome 2. Akan, an Israelite
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H5912 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5912 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as achan. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.