H3370 H3370
Jokshan, son of Abraham by Keturah, father of Sheba and Dedan
Jokshan appears in the Table of Nations as one of Abraham's sons by his concubine Keturah, taken after Sarah's death. Through his sons Sheba and Dedan, Jokshan became an ancestor of Arabian tribal groups that maintained trade connections with Israel. The parallel genealogies in Genesis and Chronicles preserve his name as part of Abraham's broader family legacy extending into the Arabian peninsula.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Jokshan is consistently identified as Abraham's son by Keturah and father of Sheba and Dedan (Gen 25:2, 3; 1Chr 1:32, appearing twice in the Chronicles passage). The Septuagint renders the name as Iexan or Iektan, showing Greek attempts to represent the Hebrew consonants. The multilingual glosses preserve phonetic approximations: Spanish Yoqsan/Yoqshan, French Jokshan, German Jokschan, all maintaining the recognizable sibilant-guttural pattern of the Hebrew original. 4×
AR["وَ-يَقْشان", "وَيَقْشَانُ", "يَقْشان", "يَقْشَانَ"]·ben["এবং-যক্ষন", "ও-যক্ষণ", "যক্ষণের", "যক্ষনকে"]·DE["Jokschan", "[ויקשן]", "[יקשן]", "und-Jokschan"]·EN["Jokshan", "Yoqshan", "and-Jokshan", "and-Yoqshan"]·FR["Jokshan", "[ויקשן]", "[יקשן]", "et-Jokshan"]·heb["ו-יקשן", "יקשן"]·HI["और-योक्शान", "और-योक्शान-ने", "योक्शान"]·ID["Yoksan", "dan-Yoksan"]·IT["Jokshan", "[ויקשן]", "[יקשן]", "e-Jokshan"]·jav["Lan-Yoksan", "Yoksan", "lan-Yoksan"]·KO["그-와-욕산", "그리고-욕산이", "욕산", "욕산과"]·PT["E-Yoqshan", "Yoqshan", "e-Yoqshan"]·RU["И-Йокшан", "Йокшана", "Шева", "и-Медана"]·ES["Y-Yoqshan", "Yoqsan", "Yoqshan", "y-Yoqsan"]·SW["Na-Yokshani", "Yokshani", "na-Yokshani"]·TR["ve-", "ve-Midyan'ı", "ve-Yokşan"]·urd["اور-یقشان-نے", "و-یقشان", "یقشان"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יָקְשָׁן n.pr.m. son of Abraham and Keturah Gn 25:2, 3 = 1 Ch 1:32(×2); 𝔊 Ιεξαν; 𝔊L Gn 25:2, 3 Ιεκταν.