Strong H3355יׇקְטָן
Joktan
- Transliteration
- yoqţân
- Pronunciation
- yok-tawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H6994; he will be made little;
{Joktan} an Arabian patriarch: - Joktan.
{Joktan} an Arabian patriarch: - Joktan.
Meaning of the name
Joktan = "smallness"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.25;
son of: Eber (H5677);
brother of: Peleg (H6389);
father of: Almodad (H486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H39), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103)
son of: Eber (H5677);
brother of: Peleg (H6389);
father of: Almodad (H486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H39), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103)
In the biblical story
Joktan
Son of Eber and ancestor of Arabian tribes
Joktan, a descendant of Shem through Eber, was the ancestor of several Arabian tribes (Gen.10.25,26,29; 1Ch.1.19,20,23).
In the Bible
Strong H3355 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- joktan6
First verses
- Genesis 10:25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- Genesis 10:26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
- Genesis 10:29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
- 1 Chronicles 1:23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.