Bible Names

Joktan: meaning of the name

Joktan means “small dispute; contention; disgust.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Joktan in Hebrew and Greek

יׇקְטָן H3355

Yoqṭân (yok-tawn') — Joktan, an Arabian patriarch

from H6994 (קָטֹן); he will be made little;

Who named Joktan in the Bible

Joktan in Scripture

“Joktan” appears in 6 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 10:25

    And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

  • Genesis 10:26

    And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

  • Genesis 10:29

    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:19

    And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:20

    And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

  • 1 Chronicles 1:23

    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.