יׇקְתְאֵלYoqthᵉʼêl

Joktheel, the name of a place in Palestine, and of one in Idumaea

Pronunciation: yok-theh-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3371

Meanings

1. in the Shephelah of Judah, site unknown (Joshua 15:38)

2. name given to סֶלַע (= Petra) by King Amaziah, its captor (2 Kings 14:7)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 15:38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
  • 2 Kings 14:7 Amaziah also killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).