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עָכָן

a.khan

Achan

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Strong’s H5912Proper name, a person6 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

achan6

In the text

Joshua 7:1עָכָן
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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עָכָן n.pr.m. man of Judah

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.