King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6130
Transliteration: Aqan
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a descendant of Esau
Meaning: Akan -- a descendant of Esau
Word Summary
Aqan: a descendant of Esau
Original Word: עָקָןTransliteration: Aqan
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a descendant of Esau
Meaning: Akan -- a descendant of Esau
Strong's Concordance
Akan From an unused root meaning to twist; tortuous; Akan, an Idummaean -- Akan. Compare Ya'aqan.
see HEBREW Ya'aqan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6130. Aqan
עֲקָן proper name, masculine in Edom; — ׳וַע Genesis 36:27, (Ι)ουκαμ = יַעֲקָן 1 Chronicles 1:42, Ωναν, Ιαακαν etc. (see LagBN 84.Anm.**; also בְּנֵייַֿעֲקָ֑ן and ב ׳בְּאֵרֹת ׳יע ).
עקר (√ of following; meaning dubious; compare Aramaic עִקָּרָא root; Ethiopic medicine; Arabic verb apparently denominative extirpate, עֲקַר ᵑ7 id.; Late Hebrew עָקַר = Biblical Hebrew).