Javan
יָוָןStrong’s H3120yavan (ya-van)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yavan is the Hebrew word usually translated “javan”, “greece” and “o greece”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.”
Meaning
- A son of Japheth and grandson of Noah
- Greece, Ionia, Ionianslocation of descendants of Javan
- Greece, Ionia, Ionians
- Location of descendants of Javan
How it's translated
- and javan 4
- javan 3
- greece 3
- o greece 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
- Genesis 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Ezekiel 2
- Isaiah 1
- Zechariah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 10:20In contextThen 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 11:2In contextAnd 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 9:13In contextWhen 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.
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
יָוָן yavan · Javan
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
יָוָן yavan · Greece
§ Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece" 1) Greece, Ionia, Ionians 2) location of descendants of Javan
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “greece” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GREECE, noun
[Latin gressus. It ought to be written grese, but it is entirely obsolete.]
A flight of steps.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.