Strong's Definition
probably from the same as 3196; 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
KJV Usage: Javan
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָוָן (ya.van) — Javan. 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
יָוָן (ya.van) — Greece.
§ Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece" 1) Greece, Ionia, Ionians 2) location of descendants of Javan
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · יְוָנִי
Names of People | Names of Groups
Javan = man; ◄ son of Japheth; ► considered the founder of a nation with the same name
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָוָן n.pr.gent. Ionia(ns), Greece base