AKAN.A descendant of Esau (Gen_36:27); called in 1Ch_1:42 Jakan.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
AKAN or JAKAN. Gen_36:27; 1Ch_1:42.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
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 1Ch_1:42.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ā?kan (עקן, ‛ăḳān, ?twisted?): A son of Ezer, a descendant of Esau of Seir (Gen_36:27). He is called Jaakan in 1Ch_1:42. The King James Version margin has Jakan.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Akan
(Hebrew Akan', עֲקָן, twisted; Sept. Ι᾿ουκάμ), the last named of the three sons of Ezer, son of the Horite Seir of Idumaea (Gen_36:27); elsewhere called JAKAN SEE JAKAN (1Ch_1:41). SEE JAAKAN.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.