H3120 H3120
Yavan / Javan (person, eponymous ancestor); Yavan / Greece (geographic-political entity)
Senses
1. Yavan / Javan (person, eponymous ancestor) — The proper name of a son of Japheth (Genesis 10:2,4; 1 Chronicles 1:5,7), the eponymous ancestor of the Ionian Greeks. These clusters carry masculine proper noun morphology (N-proper-ms) and refer to the genealogical figure or to his descendants as a people group in prophetic lists alongside other nations (eng 'Yavan/Javan,' spa 'Javán/Yaván,' arb 'يَاوَانَ/ياوان,' kor '야완,' swa 'Yavani,' hin 'यावान'). The conjunction variants ('and-Yavan') are purely syntactic. 7×
AR["وَ-ياوان","وَ-يَاوَانُ","وَيَاوَانَ","وَيَاوَانُ","ياوان","يَاوَانَ","يَاوَانُ"]·ben["-এবং-যাবন","আর-যাবন","ও-যাবন","যাবন","যাবনের"]·DE["Jawans","[ויון]","[יון]","und-Jawan"]·EN["Javan","Yavan","and-Javan","and-Yavan"]·FR["Javan","[ויון]","et-Javan"]·heb["ו-יוון","ו-יון","יוון","יון"]·HI["और-यावान","यावान","यावान-के"]·ID["Yawan","Yawan,","dan-Yawan"]·IT["Grecia","Javan","[ויון]","e-Grecia","e-Javan"]·jav["Yawan","lan-Yawan"]·KO["그-와-야완","그리고-야완","그리고-야완이","야완","야완과","야완의"]·PT["Yavan","e-Yavan"]·RU["Иаван","Иавана","Явана","и-Иаван","и-Йаван","и-Яван"]·ES["Javán","Yavan","Yaván","y-Javán","y-Yavan","y-Yaván"]·SW["Yavani","na-Yavani"]·TR["Yavan","Yavan'ın","ve-Yavan"]·urd["اور-یاوان","اور-یونان","و-یاوان","یاوان","یاوان-کے","یونان"]
2. Yavan / Greece (geographic-political entity) — The geographic and political designation for Greece as a nation or territory, used especially in prophetic and late biblical texts (Daniel 8:21, 10:20, 11:2; Zechariah 9:13; Isaiah 66:19). Tagged as N-proper-fs (feminine, following the convention for lands/nations), the multilingual evidence confirms this geographic reading: spa 'Grecia,' arb 'الْيُونَانِ' (al-Yunan, the standard Arabic word for Greece), kor '헬라' (Hellas), swa 'Uyunani' (the Swahili term for Greece), hin 'यावान–का/यावान–के' (with possessive markers indicating a territory). 4×
AR["الْيُونَانِ","يَا-يَاوَانُ"]·ben["গ্রীকের","যবন","যবনের","যাবনের"]·DE["[יון]"]·EN["Yavan"]·FR["Javan"]·heb["יוון"]·HI["यावान-का","यावान-के"]·ID["-Yunani","Yunani"]·IT["Grecia"]·jav["Yunani"]·KO["야반의","야완-의","헬라"]·PT["Yavan"]·RU["Йавана","Яван","Явана"]·ES["Grecia"]·SW["Uyunani","Yavani","wa-Uyunani"]·TR["Yavan","Yavan'ın","Yunan'in"]·urd["یونان","یونان-کا","یونان-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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.…