Achar — the meaning of the Hebrew name עָכָר

עָכָר

ʻÂkâr · pronounced aw-kawr' · Strong's H5917 · a man

Achar means troublesome.

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עָכַר ʻâkar (from, H5916) — properly, to roil water open in the lexicon ›

from H5916; troublesome; Akar, an Israelite.

1Chr 2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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