Know the Word.

Hebrew word

Yâvân

yaw-vawn'

יָוָן

What it means

Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race descended from him, with their territory

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

Where it comes from

probably from the same as yayin (יַיִן); effervescing (i.e. hot and active)

How the King James translates it

  • javan7
  • grecia2
  • greece1

Every place it appears 10

Genesis10:210:4
1 Chronicles1:51:7
Isaiah66:19
Ezekiel27:1327:19
Daniel8:2110:20
Zechariah9:13