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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עָכָן
עָכָן
H5912
Transliteration: ʻÂkân
Pronunciation: aw-kawn'
Definition: Achan
Original: עכן Transliteration: ‛âkân Phonetic: aw-kawn'
BDB Definition:
Achan = "troubler"- 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