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ʿāxār עָכָר ‘Achar’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿāxar עָכַר ‘to trouble’
Roots: עכר

ʿāxār pr n m pers
Achar = "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
 1a) alternate spelling for 'Achan'

Mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:7

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