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ʿāxān עָכָן ‘Achan’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to trouble

ʿāxān pr n m pers
Achan = "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

Mentioned in Joshua 7:24, 22:20, 7:19, 7:20, 7:1, 7:18

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