יׇקְתְאֵל
Yoqthᵉʼêl · yok-theh-ale'
Joktheel, the name of a place in Palestine, and of one in Idumaea
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from the same as H3348 (יָקֶה) and H410 (אֵל); veneration of God (compare H3354 (יְקוּתִיאֵל));
Joktheel, the name of a place in Palestine, and of one in Idumaea
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Joktheel.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יׇקְתְאֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and joktheel1 · 50%
- of it joktheel1 · 50%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.