Hebrew word · H5918

עׇכְרָן

'akheran

Ochran

Probably from ʿakar, "to trouble, stir up, bring disaster on" (Genesis 34:30; Joshua 7:25, the wordplay on Achan and the Valley of Achor; 1 Kings 18:17–18, "troubler of Israel"). The ending -ān is a common name ending. Likely sense: "troubled" or "the one of trouble".

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.13;

father of: Pagiel (H6295)

§ Ocran = "troubled"

an Asherite, father of Pagiel

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Numbers 1:13

Range of meaning

Probably from ʿakar, "to trouble, stir up, bring disaster on" (Genesis 34:30; Joshua 7:25, the wordplay on Achan and the Valley of Achor; 1 Kings 18:17–18, "troubler of Israel"). The ending -ān is a common name ending. Likely sense: "troubled" or "the one of trouble".

Against the English

Versions differ only in spelling: KJV and BSB have "Ocran", while WEB, ESV and NASB have "Ochran". The NIV spells it with a k. The meaning cannot be seen in any of them.

Used elsewhere in the period

Occurs only as the name of Pagiel's father (Numbers 1:13; 2:27; 7:72, 77; 10:26). The Septuagint has Echran.

Where it appears

Numbers · 5

  1. Numbers 1:13 עָכְרָֽן׃ Ocran

    from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

    Here: Pagiel's father. The name probably comes from ʿakar ("to trouble, stir up"), so something like "troubled". Names like this often recalled the circumstances of a birth. Beyond this list of leaders, nothing else is known about him.

  2. Numbers 2:27 עָכְרָֽן׃ Ocran

    The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,

  3. Numbers 7:72 עָכְרָֽן׃ Ocran

    On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the Asherites, drew near.

  4. Numbers 7:77 עָכְרָֽן׃ פ Ocran

    and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran.

  5. Numbers 10:26 עָכְרָֽן׃ Ocran

    Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

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