What Does Joshua 22:20 Mean?

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“Did not Achan”

akan, an israelite

“the son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of Zerah”

zerach, the name of three israelites, also of an idumaean and an ethiopian prince

“commit”

properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e., treacherously

“a trespass”

treachery, i.e., sin

“in the accursed thing”

physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“on all the congregation”

a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“fell”

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“and wrath”

a splinter (as chipped off)

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“and that man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“not alone”

properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“perished”

to breathe out, i.e., (by implication) expire

“in his iniquity”

perversity, i.e., (moral) evil