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Joktan
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jok'-tan (small dispute; contention; disgust, small, little)
RELATED: Eber, Mesha, Ophir, Sheba |
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
little, The second of the two sons of Eber ( Genesis
10:25 ; 1 Chronicles 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 Dictionary of Bible Names
small dispute; contention; disgust
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(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.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
jok'-tan (yoqTan, meaning unknown):
"Son" of Eber, and "father" of 13 tribes (Genesis 10:25 , 26 , 29 ; 1 Chronicles
1:19 , 20 , 23).

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