A name from Scripture
Achan
AY-kan
Meaning
Trouble; Troubler; Serpent
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Joshua
What it points to
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.
Verses · King James Version
“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 7:20-21
“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.”
Joshua 7:1