Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3355 - יָקְטָן
Transliteration
Yoqṭân
Phonetics
yok-tawn'
Origin
from (H6994)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Joktan = "smallness"
- son of Eber and descendant of Shem and patriarch of various Arabian tribes
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
BSB (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
CSB (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
ESV (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
KJV (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
LEB (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
LSB (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
N95 (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
NAS (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (6)
Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
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.
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
יָקְטָן (“small”), [Joktan], pr.n. of one of the descendants of Shem, a son of Heber, Genesis 10:25, 26 Genesis 10:26 to whom many of the tribes of southern Arabia refer their origin. In the Arabian genealogies he is also called قحطان Kahtân. See Bochart, Phaleg. iii. chap. 15; Pococke, Spec. Hist. Arab. page 3, 38; A. Schultens, Histor. Imperii Joctanidarum in Arabia Felice, Harderov. 1786, 4to.
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List of Word Forms
וְיָקְטָ֣ן ויקטן יָקְטָֽן׃ יקטן׃ veyakeTan wə·yā·qə·ṭān wəyāqəṭān yā·qə·ṭān yakeTan yāqəṭān
