3355. Yoqtan
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Yoqtan: a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes
Original Word: יָקְטָן
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Yoqtan
Phonetic Spelling: (yok-tawn')
Short Definition: Joktan

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a desc. of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes
NASB Translation
Joktan (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 Lane1777ff.) — 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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