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a son of Japheth, also his desc. and their land Original Word: יָוָןTransliteration: Yavan Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-vawn') Short Definition: Javan
from the same as yonah Definition a son of Japheth, also his desc. and their land NASB Word Usage Greece (4), Javan (7). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Probably from the same as yayin; 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. see HEBREW yayin
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