Joktan
יׇקְטָןStrong’s H3355yoqtan (yoq-tan)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yoqtan is the Hebrew word usually translated “joktan”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And 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.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.25
How it's translated
- joktan 4
- and joktan 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- 1 Chronicles 3
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
יׇקְטָן yoqtan · Joktan
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 (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Joktan = "smallness" son of Eber and descendant of Shem and patriarch of various Arabian tribes
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.