Greece Javan Name

† יָוָן n.pr.gent. Ionia(ns), Greece (Gk. Ἰάονες (i.e. orig. Ἰάϝονες), v. also 𝔊 infr.; OPers. Yauna SpiegAPK 237; Assyrian Iamanu (Iavanu) DlPa 248 ff. COTGloss; Egyptian Ye-van-(n)a, v. WMM369 f. cf. also 24 ff.; v. especially on this word StaDe Populo Javan 1880)—Ionians, as traders Ez 27:13, 𝔊 Ἑλλάς (named with תּוּבַל, מֶשֶׁךְ; in v 12 תַּרְשִׁישׁ, in v 14 תּוֹגַרְמָה); cf. יְוָנִי (adj. gent.) infr.; as distant, Is 66:19, 𝔊 Ἑλλάς (with תַּרְשִׁישׁ, פּוּל, לוּד, תּוּבַל, and הָאִיִּים הָֽרְחֹקִים; list to be emended from 𝔊 Staib. 5 ff.); called ‘son’ of Japhet Gn 10:2(P) = 1 Ch 1:5, and ‘father’ of אֱלִישָׁא, תַּרְשִׁישׁ, כִּתִּים and רֹדָנִים (so read for דֹדָנִים) Gn 10:4 (P) = 1 Ch 1:7 (in these 𝔊 Ιωυναν, v. LagBN 84 Anm.); addressed (personif.) בָּנַיִךְ יָוָן Zc 9:13 (opp. בניך צִיּוֹן) 𝔊 Ἕλληνες, and so in foll.; מֶלֶךְ יָוָן Dn 8:21 (v. מַלְכֵי מָדַי וּפָרָ֑ס v 20) = king of Greece i.e. kingdom over which Alexander ruled, whose dominion was afterward divided (see v 22 ff.); שַׂר־יָוָן 10:20 of the guardian-angel of Greece (v. שַׂר פָּרָס v a); מַלְכוּת יָוָן 11:2 (v b פָּרָס).—Ez 27:19 וְיָוָן is text. error, v. וְדָן supr. p. 255a.

1. Hellas , a city of Thessaly, founded by Hellen, 8th/7th c.BC 2. that part of Thessaly in which the Myrmidons dwelt , also called Phthiotis, 8th/7th c.BC 3. Northern Greece , as opposite to Peloponnesus, 8th/7th c.BC 4. later, the name for Greece , from the South to Epirus and Thessaly inclusively, 8th/7th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC, etc. 5. as adjective with a fem. Substantive Hellenic, Greek , Refs 5th c.BC, etc. (Middle Liddel)