Jacan, Son of Abihail
Jacan, Son of Abihail (יַעְכָּן, ya'kan). A descendant of Gad through Abihail of Bashan (1 Chr 5:13).
Jacan
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A descendant of Gad through Abihail of Bashan (1 Chr 5:13).
Jacan (Person)
JACAN (PERSON) [Heb yaʿkān (יַעְכָּן)]. A Gadite, who was a son of Abihail and one of seven kinsmen, who are named alongside four (or three; see SHAPHAT) tribal leaders (1 Chr 5:13). According to 1 Chronicles 5, Jacan and his kinsmen lived opposite the Reubenites in “Bashan as far as Salecah” (v 11)
Jacan, Jachan
Jacan, Jachan. Member of Gad’s tribe who lived in Bashan during the reign of Jotham, king of Judah (1 Chr 5:13, kjv Jachan).
Jacan
Jacan jāʹkən [Heb. yaʿkān] (1 Ch. 5:13); AV JACHAN. A chief of a family from Gad.
Jacan, Jachan
JACAN, JACHAN* Member of Gad’s tribe who lived in Bashan during the reign of Jotham, king of Judah (1 Chr 5:13).
Jachan
JACHAN. A Gadite chief, probably head of a father’s house (1 Chr 5:13; RSV, “Jacan”).
Jacan
Jacan (Heb. yaʿkān)A man of Gad, living in Bashan during the reigns of King Jotham of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel (1 Chr. 5:13).
Jacan
Jacan [jāˊkən] (Heb. ya˓kān “saddening”). A man from the tribe of Gad, living in Bashan during the reigns of King Jothan of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel (1 Chr. 5:13; KJV “Jachan”).
Jachan
Ja´chan (affliction), one of seven chief men of the tribe of Gad. 1 Chron. 5:13.
Jacan
JA´CAN (jaʹkan). One of seven chief Gadite “kinsmen” living in Bashan (1 Chron. 5:13).
Jachan
Jachan—mourner, one of the chief Gadite “brothers” in Bashan (1 Chr. 5:13).
Jachan
JACHAN [JAY kan] — a clan leader of the tribe of Gad (1 Chr. 5:13; Jacan, NRSV).