Lexical Definition

‎יָוָן‎ Yâvân (yaw-vawn') Javan ^N:N-M-P
probably from the same as ‎יַיִן‎; effervescing (i.e. hot and active)

Javan.

• § Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece"
• 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

n pr m
1) a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah
n pr loc
2) Greece, Ionia, Ionians
2a) location of descendants of Javan

Extended Information

• 1) Greece, Ionia, Ionians

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Also see: דָּן

‎ארנבן‎ proper name, of a location whence wine, so Co Ezek 27:19 for ᵑ0 ‎וְדָן וְיָוָן‎; compare Assyrian wine of Aranabanim.

‎יָוָן‎ proper name, of a people Ionia ns), Greece (Greek Ἰάονες (i.e. originally Ἰάονες), see also ᵐ5 below; Old Persian Yauna Spieg^{APK 237}; Assyrian Iamanu (Iavanu) Dl^{Pa 248 ff.} COT^Gloss; Egyptian Y:e-v:a-n-(n)a, see WMM^{369 f.} compare also 24 ff.; see especially on this word Sta^{De Populo Javan 1880}) — Ionians, as traders Ezek 27:13, ᵐ5 Ἑλλάς (named with ‎תּוּבַל‎, ‎מֶשֶׁךְ‎; in vEzek 27:12 ‎תַּרְשִׁישׁ‎ in vEzek 27:14 ‎תּוֺגַרְמָה‎); compare ‎יְוָנִי‎ (adjective, of a people) below; as distant, Isa 66:19, ᵐ5 Ἑλλάς (with ‎תַּרְשִׁישׁ‎, ‎פּוּל‎, ‎לוּד‎, ‎תּוּבַל‎ and ‎הָאִיִּים הָֽרְחֹקִים‎; list to be emended from ᵐ5 Sta^{ib. 5 ff.}); called 'son' of Japhet Gen 10:2 (P) = 1Chr 1:5, and 'father' of ‎אֱלִישָׁא‎, ‎תַּרְשִׁישׁ‎, ‎כִּתִּים‎ and ‎רֹדָנִים‎ (so read for ‎דֹדָנִים‎) Gen 10:4 (P) = 1Chr 1:7 (in these ᵐ5 Ιωυναν, see Lag^{BN 84 Anm.} **); addressed (personified) ‎בָּנַיִךְ יָוָן‎ Zech 9:13 (opposed to ‎בניך צִיּוֺן‎) ᵐ5 Ἕλληνες, and so in following; ‎מֶלֶךְ יָוָן‎ Dan 8:21 (see ‎מַלְכֵי מָדַי‎ ‎וּפָרָ֑ס‎ vDan 8:20) = king of Greece i.e. kingdom over which Alexander ruled, whose dominion was afterward divided (see vDan 8:22ff.); ‎שַׂריָֿוָן‎ Dan 10:20 of the guardian-angel of Greece (see ‎שַׂר פָּרָס‎ v^a); ‎מַלְכוּת‎ ‎יָוָן‎ Dan 11:2 (v:b ‎פָּרַֹס‎). — Ezek 27:19 ‎וְיָוָן‎ is textual error, see ‎וְדָן‎ above.

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Javan • In Greece • A nation and culture, often in opposition to Israel

Greece (Javan), a nation and culture mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments.

• A location in Greece first mentioned at Isa.66.19;
• referred to as Greece or Javan or "wine" (KJV= Javan) יָוָן, or Greece Ἑλλάς, or Hellenist Ἑλληνιστής.
  

Greece, also known as Javan in the Old Testament, is mentioned several times in the Bible. In the book of Daniel, Greece is symbolized by a male goat in a vision (Daniel 8:21) and is described as a kingdom that will rise after Persia (Daniel 10:20; 11:2). The prophet Zechariah speaks of Judah being like a bow and Ephraim like an arrow against Greece (Zechariah 9:13). Greece is also listed among the nations to which God will send survivors to proclaim His glory (Isaiah 66:19). In Ezekiel's prophecy, Javan is mentioned as a trading partner of Tyre, providing slaves and bronze vessels (Ezekiel 27:13,19).

In the New Testament, Greece is mentioned as a region visited by Paul during his missionary journeys (Acts 20:2). The term "Hellenist" is used to describe Greek-speaking Jews who had adopted Greek culture (Acts 6:1; 9:29; 11:20). These references highlight the significant influence of Greek culture and language in the ancient world, as well as the tension between Greek and Jewish cultures during the time of the early church.

All entries for Greece or Javan or Hellenist: יָוָן ☩ Ἑλλάς ☩ Ἑλληνιστής