עָכָן
ʻÂkân · aw-kawn'
Akan, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to trouble; troublesome;
Akan, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Achan. Compare H5917 (עָכָר).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing
To see and know of the open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָכָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and achan2 · 33%
- for achan1 · 17%
- unto achan1 · 17%
- achan1 · 17%
- did not achan1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.