Midvash

יָוָןYâvân

ארנבן: proper name [of a location]: whence wine (Ezekiel 27:19)

Pronunciation: yaw-vawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3120

Meanings

יָוָן: proper name [of a people]: Ionia(ns), Greece, Ionians (Ezekiel 27:13; Ezekiel 27:12; Ezekiel 27:14; Isaiah 66:19; Genesis 10:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:2 The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  • Genesis 10:4 The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:5 The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:7 The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
  • Isaiah 66:19 I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.
  • Ezekiel 27:13 Merchants from Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and articles of bronze to trade with you.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).