Akan, Son of Ezer
Akan, Son of Ezer (עֲקָן, aqan; יַעֲקָן, ya'aqan). Also called Jakan or Jaakan (1 Chr 1:42), he was a son of Ezer and a descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen 36:27).
Akan
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Also called Jakan or Jaakan (1 Chr 1:42), he was a son of Ezer and a descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen 36:27).
Akan (Person)
AKAN (PERSON) [Heb ʿaqān (עַקָן)]. Var. JAAKAN. A clan name mentioned in the genealogy of Seir the Horite in Gen 36:27. Akan is listed as one of the three sons of Ezer, and he is thus a grandson of Seir. The name in this form only appears in Genesis 36, but it is equivalent to the name JAAKAN found
Jaakan (Person)
JAAKAN (PERSON) [Heb yaʿăqān (יַעֲקָן)]. A clan name in the genealogy of Seir the Horite in 1 Chr 1:42. Jaakan is listed as the third son of Ezer and he is thus a grandson of Seir. The Horites are not to be confused with the Hurrians of Mesopotamia. They are described as the original “inhabitants of
Akan
Akan. Alternate name for Jaakan, Ezer’s son, in Genesis 36:27.See Jaakan.
Jaakan
Jaakan. Esau’s descendant and the son of Ezer the Horite (1 Chr 1:42, kjv Jakan); alternately called Akan in Genesis 36:27.See Be-eroth Bene-jaakan.
Jakan
Jakan. kjv spelling of Jaakan, Esau’s descendant, in 1 Chronicles 1:42See Jaakan.
Akan
Akan āʹkən [Heb. ‘aqān—‘twisted’]. A son of Ezer, a descendant of Esau of Seir (Gen. 36:27). He is called Jaakan in 1 Ch. 1:42.
Jaakan
Jaakan jāʹə-kən [Heb. yaʿaqān] (1 Ch. 1:42); AV JAKAN. The third son of Ezer, a Horite. The text is uncertain, however, and seems to lack the necessary conjunction we, “and.” Thus BH and BHS suggest reading weyaʿaqān or waʿaqān (so NEB, “and Akan”) on the basis of some MS evidence and the
Jaakan
JAAKAN Esau’s descendant and a son of Ezer the Horite (1 Chr 1:42, nlt mg); alternately called Akan in Genesis 36:27. See Beeroth Bene-jaakan.
Jakan
JAKAN* kjv spelling of Jaakan, Esau’s descendant, in 1 Chronicles 1:42. See Jaakan.
Jaakan
JAAKAN. A descendant of a nomadic clan of the Horites (Hurrians) of Mount Seir who maintained their identity among the Edomites. He was a son of Ezer, called Jakan in (1 Chr 1:42) and Akan q.v. in (Gen 36:27). The name also is spelled Jaakan in (Deut 10:6, where it is disclosed that the Israelites had
Akan
Akan (Heb. ʿăqān) (also JAAKAN)One of the sons of Ezer the Horite, of the family of Esau (Gen. 36:27). At 1 Chr. 1:42 he is called Jaakan.
Jaakan
Jaakan (Heb. yaʿăqān) (also AKAN)A Horite, son of Ezer and descendant of Seir (1 Chr. 1:42); called Akan at Gen. 36:27. The name occurs also in Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31–32) and Beeroth Bene-jaakan (Deut. 10:6), where the Israelites encamped during the wilderness wanderings.
Akan
Akan [āˊkăn] (Heb. ˓aqān “crooked”). One of the sons of Ezer the Horite, of the family of Esau (Gen. 36:27). At 1 Chr. 1:42 he is called Jaakan (so RSV, JB; KJV “Jakan”; KJV mg., NIV “Akan”).
Jaakan
Jaakan [jāˊə kən] (Heb. ya˓aqān). A Horite, son of Ezer and descendant of Seir (1 Chr. 1:42; KJV “Jakan”; NIV “and Akan”); called Akan at Gen. 36:27. The name occurs also in Bene-Jaakan (Num. 33:31–32) and Beeroth Bene-jaakan (Deut. 10:6), where the Israelites encamped during the wilderness wanderings.
Akan
A´kan (sharp-sighted), son of Ezer, one of the “dukes” or chieftains of the Horites, and descendant of Seir. Gen. 36:27. He is called Jakan in 1 Chron. 1:42.
Jaakan
Ja´akan (he shall surround), the same as Jakan, the forefather of Bene-Jaakan. Deut. 10:6.
Jakan
Ja´kan (sagacious), son of Ezer the Horite. 1 Chron. 1:42. The same as Jaakan. [And see Akan.]
Akan
A´KAN (āʹkan; “twisted”). The last named of the three sons of Ezer, the son of Seir, the Horite (Gen. 36:27), called also (1 Chron. 1:42) Jaakan.
Jaakan
JA´AKAN (jaʹa-kan). The son of Ezer and grandson of Seir (1 Chron. 1:42; “Jakan,” KJV). The ancestor of the Bene-jaakan, around whose well the children of Israel encamped after they left Moseroth (Num. 33:30–32) and again in a reverse direction after they left Kadesh-barnea, before they reached Mt. Hor
Akan
AKAN [A ken] — a son of Ezer and grandson of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:27). Akan is also called Jaakan (1 Chr. 1:42).
Jaakan
JAAKAN [JAY uh kan] — an ancestor of the “sons of Jaakan” around whose wells the Israelites camped during their wilderness wanderings (Deut. 10:6; Jakan, KJV). At the time of the Exodus, the “sons of Jaakan” lived on the borders of Edom near Mount Hor. Jaakan is also called Akan (Gen. 36:27).
AKAN
AKAN<a’-kan> ( עֲקָן [̀aqan], “twisted”): A son of Ezer, a descendant of Esau of Seir (Genesis 36:27). He is called Jaakan in 1 Chronicles 1:42. The King James Version margin has Jakan.