A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; 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 Jol.3.6 + NT. § Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece" 1) a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah 2) Greece, Ionia, Ionians 2a) location of descendants of Javan
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H3120 — יָוָן
ya.van · Javan · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 10:2 · וְיָוָ֣ןSons of Japheth are Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.Genesis 10:4 · יָוָ֖ןAnd sons of Javan are Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.1 Chronicles 1:5 · וְיָוָ֣ןSons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.1 Chronicles 1:7 · יָוָ֖ןAnd sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim.Isaiah 66:19 · וְיָוָ֑ןAnd I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.Daniel 8:21 · יָוָ֑ןAnd the young he-goat, the hairy one, is the king of Javan; and the great horn that is between its eyes is the first king;Daniel 10:20 · יָוָ֖ןAnd he saith, Hast thou known why I have come unto thee? and now I turn back to fight with the head of Persia; yea, I am going forth, and lo, the head of Javan hath come;Daniel 11:2 · יָוָֽן׃and, now, truth I declare to thee, Lo, yet three kings are standing for Persia, and the fourth doth become far richer than all, and according to his strength by his riches he stirreth up the whole, with the kingdom of Javan.Zechariah 9:13 · יָוָ֑ןFor I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled with Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.