Iectan

• Jectan

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ιεκτάν (Iektán) in the Septuagint, from Biblical Hebrew יָקְטָן (Yoqṭān).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯ek.tan/, [ˈi̯ɛkt̪än]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjek.tan/, [ˈjɛkt̪än]

Iectan m sg (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Joktan (one of the two sons of Eber.)
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.10.25:

     Nātīque sunt Heber fīliī duo: nōmen ūnī Phaleg, eō quod in diēbus ēius dīvīsa sit terra: et nōmen frātris ēius Iectan.

     And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Indeclinable noun, singular only.