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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עָכָר
עָכָר
H5917
Transliteration: ʻÂkâr
Pronunciation: aw-kawr'
Definition: Achar
Original: עכר Transliteration: ‛âkâr Phonetic: aw-kawr'
BDB Definition:
Achar = "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
- alternate spelling for 'Achan'