STRONGS NUMBER H3355


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

From qaton; he will be made little; Joktan, an Arabian patriarch -- Joktan.

see HEBREW qaton

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3355. Yoqtan

יָקְטָןproper 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; 1:20; 1:23, 'father' of various tribes of Yemen; ᵐ5Ιεκταν.