Word Study · Strong's H3370 · Hebrew
יׇקְשָׁן
Yoqshan
yok-shawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yoqshân
“Jokshan, an Arabian patriarch”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jokshan, an Arabian patriarch
Rendered in the KJV as
Jokshan.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וְיָקְשָׁ֣ן1
- וְיָקְשָׁ֛ן1
- יָקְשָׁ֔ן1
- יָקְשָׁ֖ן1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Jokshan2
- Jokshan2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)2
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- HC/Npm · 2
- HNpm · 2
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Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 25:2יָקְשָׁ֔ןyakeshanproper noun (a name)and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.here: Jokshan
- Genesis 25:3וְיָקְשָׁ֣ןveyakeshanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.here: and Jokshan
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:32וְיָקְשָׁ֛ןveyakeshanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.here: and Jokshan
- 1 Chronicles 1:32יָקְשָׁ֖ןyakeshanproper noun (a name)The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.here: Jokshan