- Original: עקן - Transliteration: `Aqan - Phonetic: aw-kawn' - Definition: Akan = sharp-sighted 1. son of Ezer, descendant of Seir, and one of the chiefs of the Horites of Edom - Origin: from an unused root meaning to twist - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to twist; tortuous; Akan an Idumaean: - Akan. Compare H3292 . Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Akan, 1 Genesis 36:27