STRONGS NUMBER H6130


Word Summary
Aqan: a descendant of Esau
Original Word: עָקָן
Transliteration: 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

עֲקָןproper name, masculine in Edom; — ׳וַעGenesis 36:27, (Ι)ουκαμ = יַעֲקָן1 Chronicles 1:42, Ωναν, Ιαακαν etc. (see LagBN 84.Anm.**; also בְּנֵייַֿעֲקָ֑ן‎ and ב ׳בְּאֵרֹת ׳יע‎ ).

עקר‎ (√ of following; meaning dubious; compare Aramaic עִקָּרָאroot; Ethiopic medicine; Arabic verb apparently denominative extirpate, עֲקַר ᵑ7id.; Late Hebrew עָקַר‎ = Biblical Hebrew).