Strong's H3120

יָוָן

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

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

Derivation

probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן); effervescing (i.e. hot and active);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, יָוָן is translated as: Javan..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.