Achan
[ ey-kan ]
noun
a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils. Joshua 7:19–26.
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How to use Achan in a sentence
The children of Israel were routed at Ai, because Achan had taken the devoted or forbidden thing.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerHe says Achan or Danaan heroes, but never joins the names to the simple predicate men.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. GladstoneThe coils are coming closer and closer about him; and now his father's family is brought out, man by man, and Achan is taken.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua | William Garden BlaikieA harsh word from Joshua might have set Achan in a defiant attitude, and drawn from him a denial that he had done anything amiss.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua | William Garden BlaikieNow a covetous man like Achan might find many plausible reasons for evading this law.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua | William Garden Blaikie
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