Akan was a descendant of Seir and a son of Ezer the Horite (Genesis 36:27). The Berean Standard Bible also uses the name Akan in 1 Chronicles 1:42, with a marginal note that the Hebrew text reads Jaakan.

See also Jaakan; Beeroth Bene-jaakan.

People and places

Akan: Son of Ezer, a Horite chief in Seir