Strong H3370יׇקְשָׁן
Jokshan
- Transliteration
- yoqshân
- Pronunciation
- yok-shawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H3369; insidious;
{Jokshan} an Arabian patriarch: - Jokshan.
{Jokshan} an Arabian patriarch: - Jokshan.
Meaning of the name
Jokshan = "snarer"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.2;
son of: Abraham (H85) and Keturah (H6989);
brother of: Zimran (H2175), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744);
father of: Sheba (H7614I) and Dedan (H1719C);
half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458) and Isaac (H3327)
son of: Abraham (H85) and Keturah (H6989);
brother of: Zimran (H2175), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744);
father of: Sheba (H7614I) and Dedan (H1719C);
half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458) and Isaac (H3327)
In the biblical story
Jokshan
A son of Abraham and Keturah
Jokshan was one of the sons born to Abraham and his wife Keturah after the death of Sarah (Gen.25.2,3; 1Ch.1.32,32).
In the Bible
Strong H3370 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jokshan3
First verses
- Genesis 25:2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Genesis 25:3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.