יָוָן
Yâvân · yaw-vawn'
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
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן); effervescing (i.e. hot and active);
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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Javan.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָוָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and javan3 · 27%
- of grecia3 · 27%
- of javan2 · 18%
- javan1 · 9%
- also and javan1 · 9%
- o greece1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.