Quick Definition
Javan
Biblical Persons & Places
Javan
Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2;
referred to as Javan (יָוָן), or Greek (יְוָנִי=יְוָנִי), Gentile or Greek (NIV= Gentile) (Ἕλλην=Ἕλλην), or Gentile (KJV, NIV= Greek) (Ἑλληνίς=Ἑλληνίς);
son of Japheth;
a brother of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras;
father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim.
Greece
Javan
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).
Strong's Definition
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
Derivation: probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן); effervescing (i.e. hot and active);
KJV Usage: Javan.
TWOT Reference: 855
Outline of Biblical Usage
Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece"
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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָוָן
yâvân
BDB Definition:
Javan = Ionia or Greece
1) a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah (noun proper masculine)
2) Greece, Ionia, Ionians (noun proper locative)
2a) location of descendants of Javan
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from the same as H3196
Same Word by TWOT Number: 855
Total KJV Occurrences: 11