Lexical 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). |