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    Achan

    AY-kan

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Trouble; Troubler; Serpent
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Achan appears in the King James Bible, including Joshua 7:20-21.
    First appears in
    Joshua — Conquest and judges
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Achan — 'trouble' — reveals the devastating chain of sin: I saw, I coveted, I took. His story warns that hidden disobedience never stays hidden, and that private sin always has public consequences.
    King James verses
    • Joshua 7:20-21

      "And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel... When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment... I coveted them, and took them."

    • Joshua 7:1

      "But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan... took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel."

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