Joktan – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Joktan
Joktan or
Yoktan (,
Yaqṭān; literally, "little") was the second of the two sons of
Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19) mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible. His name means "small" or "smallness".
Joktan
small dispute; contention; disgust
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
Joktan
(small), son of Eber, (Genesis 10:25; 1 Chronicles 1:19) and the father of the Joktanite Arabs. (Genesis 10:30) (B.C. about 2200.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
About
Joktan
little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19). There is an Arab tradition that Joktan (Arab. Kahtan) was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.
