Bible Person
Male · 2 cross references
Akan is a Horite descendant in the line of Seir, preserved in Genesis and Chronicles. He belongs to the family network that gives historical texture to the peoples living in the region later associated with Edom. First appears in Gen 36:27.1
AI summary: Akan matters because the cross references keep his name within the preserved structure of Horite ancestry. Such notices do not drive a narrative, but they help locate Israel among neighboring peoples whose lines are also remembered and named. Taken together, the material presents Akan as a Horite family figure whose place contributes to the wider genealogical map of the biblical world.1
Central Figure
Akan
He twists, one of the sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the Horite (1 Chr.
He twists, one of the sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the Horite (1 Chr. 1:42). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.