יָוָן
yāwān
Javan
Strong's H3120Proper NounHebrewTWOT 855

יָוָן (yāwān) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning Javan. It appears 11 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3120).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 855)

Range of meaning (TWOT 855)Ionia, Greece; Javan
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יָוָן proper name of a people: Ionia, Greece

Strong's H3120 יָוָן: 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
KJV:Javan.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 10:21 Chronicles 1:5Isaiah 66:19

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