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Strong H31202 sensesיָוָן

Greece · Javan

Transliteration
yâvân
Pronunciation
yaw-vawn'

Meaning of the name

Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece"

The 2 senses of Strong H3120

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3120 appears in 11 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. GreeceH3120HA nation and culture, often in opposition to Israel7 verses · 4 books
  2. JavanH3120GSon of Japheth; ancestor of Greek people4 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles

General definition

Probably from the same as H3196; effervescing (that {is} hot and active);
{Javan} the name of a son of {Joktan} and of the race ({Ionians } that {is} Greeks) descended from {him} with their territory; also of a place in Arabia: - Javan.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • javan7
  • grecia3
  • greece1

First verses

  1. Genesis 10:2
    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
  2. Genesis 10:4
    And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
  3. 1 Chronicles 1:5
    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
  4. 1 Chronicles 1:7
    And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
  5. Isaiah 66:19
    And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
  6. Ezekiel 27:13
    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
  7. Ezekiel 27:19
    Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
  8. Daniel 8:21
    And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
  9. Daniel 10:20
    Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
  10. Daniel 11:2
    And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
  11. Zechariah 9:13
    When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.