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Ochran meaning

Ochran in Biblical Hebrew
עכרן
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🔼The name Ochran: Summary

Meaning
Troubled
Etymology
From the verb עכר (akar), to disturb or trouble.
Related names
• Via עכר (akar): Achar, Achor

🔼The name Ochran in the Bible

There is only one Ochran in the Bible. He is the father of Pagiel, the leader of the tribe of Asher from the time of the first census onward (Numbers 1:13, 2:27, 7:72, 7:77, 10:26).

🔼Etymology of the name Ochran

The name Ochran comes from the verb עכר (akar), meaning to stir up, disturb or trouble:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עכר

The verb עכר (akar) means to stir up, disturb or trouble. The noun עכור (akor) means trouble.

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🔼Ochran meaning

For a meaning of the name Ochran, both NOBSE Study Bible Name List and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names read Troubled. BDB Theological Dictionary does not interpret this name.