Strong H3120H3120Hיָוָן
Greece
One of the 2 senses of Strong H3120
- Transliteration
- yâvân
- Pronunciation
- yaw-vawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Greece (Javan), a nation and culture mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments.
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
Greece
A nation and culture, often in opposition to Israel
Greece (Javan), a nation and culture mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments.
In the Bible
Strong H3120H appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- grecia3
- javan3
- greece1
First verses
- Isaiah 66:19And 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.
- Ezekiel 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
- Ezekiel 27:19Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
- Daniel 8:21And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
- Daniel 10:20Then 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.
- Daniel 11:2And 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.
- Zechariah 9:13When 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.