Yâvân — H3120

H3120 · Hebrew — יון

Pronunciation: yaw-vawn'

Definition

masculine proper noun

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

  1. Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece"
  2. n pr m
  3. a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah
  4. n pr loc
  5. Greece, Ionia, Ionians
    1. location of descendants of Javan

Usually translated as

Javan

Origin

probably from the same as H3196; effervescing (i.e. hot and active)

Occurrences

Yâvân occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), 1 Chronicles (2), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (3), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y