Dictionaries :: Joktan

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joktan:

little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen 10:25; 1Ch 1:19). There is an Arab tradition that Joktan (Arab. Kahtan) was the progenitor of all the purest tribes of Central and Southern Arabia.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Joktan:

small dispute; contention; disgust

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Joktan:

jok'-tan (yoqTan, meaning unknown): "Son" of Eber, and "father" of 13 tribes (Ge 10:25,26,29; 1Ch 1:19,20,23).

Nave's Topical Bible

Joktan: Son of Eber

Gen 10:25, 26, 29; 1Ch 1:19, 20, 23

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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)