- Original: עכן - Transliteration: `Akan - Phonetic: aw-kawn' - Definition: Achan = troubler 1. 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 - Origin: from an unused root meaning to trouble - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to trouble; troublesome; Akan an Israelite: - Achan. Compare H5917 . Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • Achan, 6 Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:18; Joshua 7:19; Joshua 7:20; Joshua 7:24; Joshua 22:20