How to Pronounce Joktan
JAHK-tan
Joktan is pronounced JAHK-tan (ˈdʒɑktæn): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Joktan mean?
Joktan means “small dispute; contention; disgust”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was 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.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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