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Lexicon :: Strong's H3120 - yāvān

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יָוָן
Transliteration
yāvān
Pronunciation
yaw-vawn'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as יַיִן (H3196)
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TWOT Reference: 855

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).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
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 Greek Version of the LXX below; Old Persian Yauna SpiegAPK 237; Assyrian Iamanu (Iavanu) DlPa 248 ff. COTGloss; Egyptian Ye-van-(n)a, see WMM369f. compare also 24 ff.; see especially on this word StaDe Populo Javan 1880) — Ionians, as traders Ezekiel 27:13, Greek Version of the LXX 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, Greek Version of the LXX Ἑλλάς (with תַּרְשִׁישׁ, פּוּל, לוּד, תּוּבַל and הָאִיִּים הָֽרְחֹקִים; list to be emended from Greek Version of the LXX Staib. 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 Greek Version of the LXX Ιωυναν, see LagBN 84 Anm. **); addressed (personified) בָּנַיִךְ יָוָן Zechariah 9:13 (opposed to בניך צִיּוֺן) Greek Version of the LXX 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:2; 10:4

1 Chronicles

1:5; 1:7

Isaiah

66:19

Ezekiel

27:12; 27:13; 27:14; 27:19; 27:19

Daniel

8:20; 8:21; 8:22; 10:20; 10:20; 10:20; 11:2

Zechariah

9:13

H3120

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3120 matches the Hebrew יָוָן (yāvān),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:2 - The sons[fn] of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4 - The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:5 - The sons[fn] of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:7 - The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - “I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans[fn] and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:13 - “ ‘Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:19 - and casks of wine from Izal in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia and calamus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:21 - The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:20 - So he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Soon I will return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I go, the prince of Greece will come;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - “Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:13 - I will bend Judah as I bend my bow and fill it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and make you like a warrior’s sword.
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