Jokdeam
Place Name
Name meaning: "crookedness, or burning, of the people"
Jokdeam (meaning: crookedness, or burning, of the people) was a town in the hill country of Judah, listed in the tribal allotments of Joshua alongside Maon and Carmel. Its precise location is uncertain, but it lay in the southern highlands of the territory assigned to Judah. The town is mentioned only in the boundary and city lists of Joshua and does not appear in later biblical narratives.