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 [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”).