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Achan

American  
[ay-kan] / ˈeɪ kæn /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils.


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At a protest Friday calling for more money for adaptation, climate activist Evelyn Achan from Uganda said that “our countries, our communities are suffering so much.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 8, 2023

After logistical calculations coordinated by LiveOnNY, which facilitates organ donations, Officer Mora’s organs were transported to five patients in three states, said Leonard Achan, the organization’s president.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

"Somebody did receive this hero's heart," Achan told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.

From Fox News ● Jan. 26, 2022

Executive chef Daniel Lenherr at the Westin Guam Resort knows at least three of his cooks - Raynaldo Tolentino, Kimberly Achan and Joy Tranate - are from GCC.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2015

Achan confessed that he had appropriated of the spoil a "goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight," which he had hidden under his tent.

From Bible Romances First Series by G. W. (George William) Foote

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