Jokshan — the meaning of the Hebrew name יׇקְשָׁן

יׇקְשָׁן

Yoqshân · pronounced yok-shawn' · Strong's H3370 · a man

Jokshan means insidious.

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יָקֹשׁ yâqôsh (from, H3369) — to ensnare (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

from H3369; insidious; Jokshan, an Arabian patriarch.

Gen 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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