Strong H3120H3120Gיָוָן
Javan
One of the 2 senses of Strong H3120
- Transliteration
- yâvân
- Pronunciation
- yaw-vawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
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 (H473), Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721); also called Greek at Jol.3.6 + NT.
son of: Japheth (H3315);
brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494);
father of: Elishah (H473), Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721); also called Greek at Jol.3.6 + NT.
Meaning of the name
Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece"
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.
{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 biblical story
Javan
Son of Japheth; ancestor of Greek people
Javan, the ancestor of the Greek people, was a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah.
In the Bible
Strong H3120G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- javan4
First verses
- Genesis 10:2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
- Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
- 1 Chronicles 1:7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.