Lexicon / H3355
יׇקְטָן
yoq.tan
  • Joktan

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: 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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Joktan

יָקְטָן n.pr.m . son of Eber, descendant of Shem