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title: עָכָן — Achan. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָכָן (5912), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Achan. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָכָן

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«עָכָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Achan. Compare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 5912 · **BDB:** עָכָן

### Glosses

Achan (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Achan. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5912/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5912/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. man of Judah;—Jos 7:1 (P), v 18, 19, 20, 24 (JE), 22:20 (P); = עָכָר 1 Ch 2:7 (from עָבוֹר Jos 7:26, v. also עָכָר); Αχαρ, Αχαν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָכָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5912/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.7.18/)

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וַיַּקְרֵ֥ב אֶת־בֵּית֖וֹ לַגְּבָרִ֑ים וַיִּלָּכֵ֗ד עָכָ֞ן בֶּן־כַּרְמִ֧י בֶן־זַבְדִּ֛י בֶּן־זֶ֖רַח לְמַטֵּ֥ה יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.near (et) household his to the men and he.was.taken.by.lot Achan the.son of.Carmi the.son of.Zabdi the.son of.Zerah of the.tribe of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* And he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

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[Joshua 7:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.7.20/)

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וַיַּ֧עַן עָכָ֛ן אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אָמְנָ֗ה אָנֹכִ֤י חָטָ֙אתִי֙ לַֽיהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְכָזֹ֥את וְכָזֹ֖את עָשִֽׂיתִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Achan (et) Joshua and he.said truly I I.have.sinned to Yahweh the.God of.Israel and like this and like this I.have.done

*JPS 1917:* And Achan answered Joshua, and said: 'Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

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