javan

noun

«javan» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Tradition counts Javan among the seventy nations descended from Noah's sons and links his descendants with Greece.

Interpretation. Jewish tradition reads the list of Noah's descendants as the origin of the world's nations. Javan is usually taken as the ancestor of the Greeks.

Meaning

A name in the Torah: a son of Japheth and a grandson of Noah. tree →

Examples

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Torah GEN.10.4, JPS 1917) tree →
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Torah GEN.10.2, JPS 1917) tree →
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. (Writings 1CH.1.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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