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HebrewH3120Proper Noun (Masculine)

יָוָן

ya.van

11Occurrences
H3120Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia

probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן); effervescing (i.e. hot and active);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494); father of: Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721); also called Greek at + NT. § Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece" 1) a son of Japheth and grandson of ) Greece, Ionia, Ionians 2a) location of descendants of Javan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יָוָן appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Daniel
3
1 Chronicles
2
Ezk
2
Genesis
2
Isaiah
1
Zechariah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:5BSB

The sons of Japheth:Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Daniel 10:20BSB

“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.

Daniel 8:21BSB

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.

Ezk 27:19BSB

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Genesis 10:4BSB

And the sons of Javan:Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.