JekuthielSmith's Dictionarya man recorded in the genealogies of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:18)International Standard Bible Encyclopediaje-ku'-thi-el (yeqthi'el meaning doubtful): A Judahite (1Ch 4:18). The meaning may be "preservation of God" or perhaps the same as yoqthe'el, "Joktheel," the name of a place in Jos 15:38; 2Ki 14:7.