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Javan (son of Japheth)

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

One of the seven sons of Japheth; a grandson of Noah (Gen 10:2, 4; 1 Chr 1:5, 7).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Javan, Son of Japheth

Javan, Son of Japheth (יָוָן‎, yawan). One of the seven sons of Japheth; a grandson of Noah (Gen 10:2, 4; 1 Chr 1:5, 7).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Javan (Person)

JAVAN (PERSON) [Heb yāwān (יָוָן)]. One of 7 sons of Japheth and a grandson of Noah according to the Table of Nations (Gen 10:2) and the parallel genealogy in 1 Chr 1:5. The former text presents him as the ancestor of maritime peoples (“islands of the nations,” Gen 10:5). This refers to the area of

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Javan (Person)

Javan (Person). Japheth’s son whose descendants migrated to the north and west of Canaan (Gn 10:2–4; 1 Chr 1:5, 7).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Javan

Javan jāʹven [Heb. yāwān; Gk. Iōvan, Iaōn, Hellas, hoi Hellēnes]. A son of Japheth son of Noah (Gen. 10:2; 1 Ch. 1:5), and father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim (Rhodes or Dodanim, Gen. 10:4; 1 Ch. 1:7). The name is listed among the Ionian islands, probably referring to Javan’s “descendants”

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Javan (Person)

JAVAN (Person) Japheth’s son whose seafaring descendants migrated to the north and west of Canaan (Gn 10:2–4; 1 Chr 1:5–7).

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Javan

Javan (jay´vuhn).1 The fourth son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chron. 1:15). His name, like the names of the fifth son (Tubal) and the sixth son (Meshech), also became the name for the area he settled.2 A region in southwest Asia Minor mentioned in Isa. 66:19 and Ezek. 27:13. In the Isaiah passage, Javan

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Javan

JAVAN. (Heb. yawan). This name refers to one of Japheth’s descendants (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5) from whom “the coastland peoples spread” (Gen 10:5), RSV) NW from Upper Mesopotamia and Syria (see Nations). Heb. yāwān appears as yamānu in the cuneiform inscriptions of Sargon II of Assyria and of Darius

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition

Javan

JAVAN. One of the sons of Japheth (Gn. 10:2; 1 Ch. 1:5) and father of a group of peoples, *Elishah, *Tarshish, *Kittim and *Dodanim (Gn. 10:4; 1 Ch. 1:7), whose associations are with the regions to the N and W of the Middle East. It is generally accepted that this name (Heb. yāwān) is to be identified

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Javan

Javan (Heb. yāwān; Gk. Iōván)The fourth son of Noah’s son Japheth and the father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim according to the Table of Nations (Gen. 10:2–4) and its parallel genealogy (1 Chr. 1:5–7). The land of Javan is to be identified originally with Ionia, an area of Greek settlement

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Javan

Javan [jāˊvən] (Heb. yāwān; Gk. Iōvan, Iaōn, Hellas, hoi Hellēnes). The fourth son of Japheth and grandson (or a descendant) of Noah; father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim (Gen. 10:2, 4; 1 Chr. 1:5, 7).As in Greek, Assyrian, and Egyptian sources, the name refers in the Old Testament

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Javan

JAVAN One of the seven sons of Japheth and a grandson of Noah (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5). He is the father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. The name “Javan” was used for the Ionian cities that developed along the coast of Asia Minor, a region that included Smyrna and Ephesus (Isa 66:19; Ezek 27:13).

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Javan

Ja´van (clay).1. A son of Japheth. Gen. 10:2, 4. Javan was regarded as the representative of the Greek race. The name was probably introduced into Asia by the Phœnicians, to whom the Ionians were naturally better known than any other of the Hellenic races, on account of their commercial activity and