Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
JA'VAN, the fourth son of Japheth, and the ancestor of the Grecians or lonians. Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5, 1 Chr 1:7. T. denotes Greece, or the Greeks. Isa 66:19; Eze 27:13.
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JA'VAN, the fourth son of Japheth, and the ancestor of the Grecians or lonians. Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5, 1 Chr 1:7. Hence the word "Javan" in the O.T. denotes Greece, or the Greeks. Isa 66:19; Eze 27:13.
JA'VAN, the fourth son of Japheth, and the ancestor of the Grecians or lonians. Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5, 1 Chr 1:7. T. denotes Greece, or the Greeks. Isa 66:19; Eze 27:13.