Hebrew word · H3370

יׇקְשָׁן

yakeshan

Jokshan

Appears 4 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 2

  1. Genesis 25:2 יָקְשָׁ֔ן Jokshan

    and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

  2. Genesis 25:3 וְיָקְשָׁ֣ן and Jokshan

    Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:32 וְיָקְשָׁ֛ן יָקְשָׁ֖ן and Jokshan, Jokshan

    The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

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