Lexicon Yoqtan: a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes Original Word: יָקְטָןPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Yoqtan Phonetic Spelling: (yok-tawn') Short Definition: Joktan NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitiona desc. of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes NASB TranslationJoktan (6).
Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 Lane 1777ff.) — Genesis 10:25,26,29 = 1 Chronicles 1:19; 1 Chronicles 1:20; 1 Chronicles 1:23, 'father' of various tribes of Yemen; ᵐ5 Ιεκταν. Strong's Joktan From qaton; he will be made little; Joktan, an Arabian patriarch -- Joktan. see HEBREW qaton |
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