Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6130 - עָקָן Aqan (a descendant of Esau)

Original Word:	עָקָן
Transliteration:	Aqan
Definition:	a descendant of Esau
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(aw-kawn')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Akan

From an unused root meaning to twist; tortuous; Akan, an Idummaean -- Akan. Compare Ya'aqan.

see HEBREW Ya'aqan

Englishman's Concordance

Akan=“sharp-sighted”
1) son of Ezer, descendant of Seir, and one of the chiefs of the Horites of Edom
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to twist

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֲקָןproper name, masculinein Edom; — ׳וַעGenesis 36:27, (Ι)ουκαμ=יַעֲקָן1 Chronicles 1:42, Ωναν, Ιαακαν etc. (see Lag^{BN 84.Anm}.**; also בְּנֵייַֿעֲקָ֑ן and ׳יע׳בְּאֵרֹת ב ).

עקר (√ of following; meaning dubious; compare Aramaic עִקָּרָאroot; Ethiopic medicine; Arabic verb apparently denominative extirpate, ᵑ7עֲקַרid.; Late Hebrew עָקַר=Biblical Hebrew).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6130. עֲקָן (Aqan) — 1 Occurrence
Genesis 36:27
HEB:בִּלְהָ֥ן וְזַעֲוָ֖ן וַעֲקָֽן׃
NAS: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.
KJV: and Zaavan, and Akan.
INT: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan

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