H3370: יׇקְשָׁן
Yoqshân · pronounced yok-shawn' · “Jokshan”
Definition
Jokshan, an Arabian patriarch
KJV translates it as: Jokshan.
Word origin: from H3369 (יָקֹשׁ); insidious;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.2;
son of: Abraham (H0085) and Keturah (H6989);
brother of: Zimran (H2175), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744);
father of: Sheba (H7614I) and Dedan (H1719C);
half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458) and Isaac (H3327)
§ Jokshan = "snarer"
a son of Abraham by Keturah and father of Sheba and Dedan
son of: Abraham (H0085) and Keturah (H6989);
brother of: Zimran (H2175), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744);
father of: Sheba (H7614I) and Dedan (H1719C);
half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458) and Isaac (H3327)
§ Jokshan = "snarer"
a son of Abraham by Keturah and father of Sheba and Dedan
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3370 is translated
- jokshan ×4
Bible verses with H3370 (Yoqshân)
Yoqshân appears in 3 verses.
- Genesis 25:2
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Genesis 25:3
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32
Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.