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title: יָוָן — Javan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָוָן (3120), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Javan. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. Ionia(ns), Greece. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָוָן

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«יָוָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Javan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 3120 · **BDB:** יָוָן

### Glosses

Javan (5); of.Greece (3); of.Javan (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Javan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3120/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. Ionia(ns), Greece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3120/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.gent. Ionia(ns), Greece (Gk. Ἰάονες (i.e. orig. Ἰάϝονες), v. also 𝔊 infr.; OPers. Yauna SpiegAPK 237; Assyrian Iamanu (Iavanu) DlPa 248 ff. COTGloss; Egyptian Ye-van-(n)a, v. WMM369 f. cf. also 24 ff.; v. especially on this word StaDe Populo Javan 1880)—Ionians, as traders Ez 27:13, 𝔊 Ἑλλάς (named with תּוּבַל, מֶשֶׁךְ; in v 12 תַּרְשִׁישׁ, in v 14 תּוֹגַרְמָה); cf. יְוָנִי (adj. gent.) infr.; as distant, Is 66:19, 𝔊 Ἑλλάς (with תַּרְשִׁישׁ, פּוּל, לוּד, תּוּבַל, and הָאִיִּים הָֽרְחֹקִים; list to be emended from 𝔊 Staib. 5 ff.); called ‘son’ of Japhet Gn 10:2(P) = 1 Ch 1:5, and ‘father’ of אֱלִישָׁא, תַּרְשִׁישׁ, כִּתִּים and רֹדָנִים (so read for דֹדָנִים) Gn 10:4 (P) = 1 Ch 1:7 (in these 𝔊 Ιωυναν, v. LagBN 84 Anm.); addressed (personif.) בָּנַיִךְ יָוָן Zc 9:13 (opp. בניך צִיּוֹן) 𝔊 Ἕλληνες, and so in foll.; מֶלֶךְ יָוָן Dn 8:21 (v. מַלְכֵי מָדַי וּפָרָ֑ס v 20) = king of Greece i.e. kingdom over which Alexander ruled, whose dominion was afterward divided (see v 22 ff.); שַׂר־יָוָן 10:20 of the guardian-angel of Greece (v. שַׂר פָּרָס v a); מַלְכוּת יָוָן 11:2 (v b פָּרָס).—Ez 27:19 וְיָוָן is text. error, v. וְדָן supr. p. 255a.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָוָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3120/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.4/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּתִּ֖ים וְדֹדָנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Javan \[were\].Elishah and Tarshish Kittim and Dodanim

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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[1 Chronicles 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.7/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה כִּתִּ֖ים וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Javan \[were\].Elishah and (to) Tarshish Kittim and Rodanim

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

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