Bible Person

Carmi

Meaning: my vineyard; lamb of the waters · Male · 3 cross references

This Carmi entry refers to the father of Achan, not Carmi son of Reuben already separately overridden. His household becomes central to the exposure of sin after Jericho. First appears in Josh 7:1.1

AI summary: This Carmi matters because the cross references present him within the family chain through which Achan is identified and judged. The specificity of that tracing gives the household a real place in one of Joshua's most serious moments of covenant failure. Taken together, the material presents this Carmi as the remembered father behind Achan's disastrous act.1

Central Figure

Carmi

Meaning: my vineyard; lamb of the waters

The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Josh.