Javan
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- The fourth "son" of Japheth (Gen 10:2), whose descendants settled in Greece, i.e., Ionia, which bears the name of Javan in Hebrew. Alexander the Great is called the "king of Javan" (rendered "Grecia," Dan 8:21; Dan 10:20; comp. Dan 11:2; Zech 9:13). This word was universally used by the nations of the East as the generic name of the Greek race. Father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim
- A town or district of Arabia Felix, from which the Syrians obtained iron, cassia, and calamus (Ezek 27:19).
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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