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Javan (son of Japheth)
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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”

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).

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


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

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

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

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).

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
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Japheth
Father
Gomer
Brother
Meshech
Brother
Tubal
Brother
Tiras
Brother
Media
Brother
Tarshish
Son
Elishah
Son
Noah
Grandfather
Shem
Uncle
Ham
Uncle
Arpachshad
Cousin
Wife of Noah
Grandmother
Canaan
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Cush
Cousin
Aram
Cousin
Elam
Cousin
Asshur
Cousin
Lud
Cousin
Put
Cousin
Togarmah
Nephew
Ashkenaz
Nephew
Riphath
Nephew
Meshech
Cousin