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Meaning and etymology of the name Joktan
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Joktan 
Joktan is a son of the famous Eber, his brother being Peleg, the forefather of Abraham (Genesis 10:25). The Joktanites are the last mentioned Shemite generation before the tower of Babel is built.
The name Joktan is the active form of the verb  (qaton) meaning be small, insignificant, "diminutiveness in quantity or quality," says HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. It's used for smallness in size, very often in contrast with something else that's typically bigger (1 Kings 12:10, Deuteronomy 25:13). It's used as smallness in years, meaning young or younger (Genesis 42:15, 1 Samuel 17:14). And it may denote weakness or less importance (Genesis 48:19, 1 Samuel 15:17, Isaiah 60:22).
HAW lists two adjectives and one noun that are derived from this verb, all spelled similar to the verb and two of them pronounced only slightly different:
(qatan), meaning young, insignificant (Genesis 9:24, Jeremiah 6:13).
(qaton), meaning small, insignificant (1 Samuel 2:19, Exodus 18:22).
(qeton), meaning little finger (1 Kings 12:10).
For a meaning of the name Joktan, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads He Will Be Made Small. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads He Will Be Small.
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