Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H5912
עָכָן
Akanaw-kawn'
Achan
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻÂkân
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5912is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5912
Akan, an Israelite
The King James renders it: Achan. Compare H5917 (עָכָר).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Akan is rendered "Achan". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Six of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
Joshua 7:1עָכָ֣ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's six uses are in Joshua.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Achan6
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עָכָ֣ן3
- עָכָ֞ן1
- עָכָ֗ן1
- עָכָ֛ן1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)6HNpm
Joshua
six uses
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
- עָכָ֣ןʾakhanproper noun (a name)tagged: Achan
And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
- עָכָ֞ןʾakhanproper noun (a name)tagged: Achan
So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
- עָכָ֗ןʾakhanproper noun (a name)tagged: Achan
“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
- עָכָ֛ןʾakhanproper noun (a name)tagged: Achan
Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
- עָכָ֣ןʾakhanproper noun (a name)tagged: Achan
Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
- עָכָ֣ןʾakhanproper noun (a name)tagged: Achan
The letters
Gematria 140· 790 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.