King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3355
Transliteration: Yoqtan
Phonetic Spelling: (yok-tawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes
Meaning: Joktan -- a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes
Word Summary
Yoqtan: a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes
Original Word: יָקְטָןTransliteration: Yoqtan
Phonetic Spelling: (yok-tawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes
Meaning: Joktan -- a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes
Strong's Concordance
Joktan From qaton; he will be made little; Joktan, an Arabian patriarch -- Joktan.
see HEBREW qaton
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3355. Yoqtan
יָקְטָן proper name, masculine son of Eber, descendant of Shem (DHM in MV compare his name in Arabic tradition, namely †aµtân: the √ √ and being both explained in Muµî‰ by strike, beat; see Lane1777ff.) — Genesis 10:25-26, 29 = 1 Chronicles 1:19; 1:20; 1:23, 'father' of various tribes of Yemen; ᵐ5 Ιεκταν.