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Akan meaning

Akan in Biblical Hebrew
עקן
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🔼The name Akan: Summary

Meaning
Unclear but perhaps Twist
Etymology
From the verb עקם ('aqam), to twist.
Related names
• Via עקם ('aqam): Bene-jaakan, Jaakan

🔼The name Akan in the Bible

Akan is a grandson of Seir, through Ezer (Genesis 36:27), and is also known as Jaakan (1 Chronicles 1:42). Eventually, his name became part of a location: Bene-jaakan, meaning 'sons of Jaakan' (Numbers 33:31).

🔼Etymology of the name Akan

For a discussion on the meaning of the name Akan, please see our article on the name Jaakan.