עָכָןʻÂkân

proper name, masculine: man of Judah (Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:18; Joshua 7:19; Joshua 7:20; Joshua 7:24)

Pronunciation: aw-kawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5912

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 7:1 But Israel violated the instructions about the things set apart for the Lord. A man named Achan had stolen some of these dedicated things, so the Lord was very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.
  • Joshua 7:18 Every member of Zimri’s family was brought forward person by person, and Achan was singled out.
  • Joshua 7:19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”
  • Joshua 7:20 Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • Joshua 7:24 Then Joshua and all the Israelites took Achan, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, tent, and everything he had, and they brought them to the valley of Achor.
  • Joshua 22:20 Didn’t divine anger fall on the entire community of Israel when Achan, a member of the clan of Zerah, sinned by stealing the things set apart for the Lord? He was not the only one who died because of his sin.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).