Joktan

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     



From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Joktan, small dispute; contention; disgust