Lexicon :: Strong's H3120 - yāvān

יָוָן

Transliteration

yāvān

Pronunciation

yaw-vawn'

Part of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably from the same as יַיִן (H3196)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 855

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

יָוָן Yâvân, yaw-vawn'; probably from the same as H3196; effervescing (i.e. hot and active); 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:—Javan.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H3120 in the following manner: Javan (7x), Grecia (3x), Greece (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H3120 in the following manner: Javan (7x), Grecia (3x), Greece (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece"
proper masculine noun
1. a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah
  proper locative noun
2. Greece, Ionia, Ionians
  1. location of descendants of Javan

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STRONGS H3120: Abbreviations

† ארנבן proper name, of a location whence wine, so Co Ezekiel 27:19 for MT וְדָן וְיָוָן; compare Assyrian wine of Aranabanim.

† יָוָן proper name, of a people Ionia(ns), Greece (Greek Ἰάονες (i.e. originally Ἰάονες), see also below; Old Persian Yauna Spieg^{APK 237}; Assyrian Iamanu (Iavanu) Dl^{Pa 248 ff.} COT^Gloss; Egyptian Y^e-v^an-(n)a, see WMM^369f. compare also 24 ff.; see especially on this word Sta^{De Populo Javan 1880}) — Ionians, as traders Ezekiel 27:13, Ἑλλάς (named with תּוּבַל, מֶשֶׁךְ; in Ezekiel 27:12 תַּרְשִׁישׁ in Ezekiel 27:14 תּוֺגַרְמָה); compare יְוָנִי (adjective, of a people) below; as distant, Isaiah 66:19, Ἑλλάς (with תַּרְשִׁישׁ, פּוּל, לוּד, תּוּבַל and הָאִיִּים הָֽרְחֹקִים; list to be emended from Sta^{ib. 5 ff.}); called 'son' of Japhet Genesis 10:2 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:5, and 'father' of אֱלִישָׁא, תַּרְשִׁישׁ, כִּתִּים and רֹדָנִים (so read for דֹדָנִים) Genesis 10:4 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:7 (in these Ιωυναν, see Lag^{BN 84 Anm.} **); addressed (personified) בָּנַיִךְ יָוָן Zechariah 9:13 (opposed to בניך צִיּוֺן) Ἕλληνες, and so in following; מֶלֶךְ יָוָן Daniel 8:21 (see מַלְכֵי מָדַי וּפָרָ֑ס Daniel 8:20) = king of Greece i.e. kingdom over which Alexander ruled, whose dominion was afterward divided (see Daniel 8:22ff.); שַׂריָֿוָן Daniel 10:20 of the guardian-angel of Greece (see פָּרָס שַׂר Daniel 10:20a); מַלְכוּת יָוָן Daniel 11:2 (Daniel 10:20b פָּרַֹס). — Ezekiel 27:19 וְיָוָן is textual error, see וְדָן above.

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