- Original: יקטן - Transliteration: Yoqtan - Phonetic: yok-tawn' - Definition: Joktan = smallness 1. son of Eber and descendant of Shem and patriarch of various Arabian tribes - Origin: from H6994 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: From H6994 ; he will be made little; Joktan an Arabian patriarch: - Joktan. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • Joktan, 6 Genesis 10:25; Genesis 10:26; Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:19; 1 Chronicles 1:20; 1 Chronicles 1:23