H5935 H5935
Alvan, Alian (personal name: a Horite chief, descendant of Seir, with variant spellings)
This personal name appears in the genealogy of Seir the Horite in Genesis 36:23 (as Alvan) and 1 Chronicles 1:40 (where the Ketiv reads Alyan and the Qere reads Alvan). The Septuagint renders it variously (Γωλων, Γωλαμ, Σωλαμ, Ιωλαμ, Αλουαν), reflecting textual fluidity. The name's etymology is uncertain. All modern translations transliterate the name, noting the variant spellings.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal name in the Seirite genealogies of Genesis 36:23 and 1 Chronicles 1:40. The double occurrence reflects the two parallel genealogical lists, with a Ketiv-Qere variant in Chronicles ('Alyan' vs. 'Alvan'). All target languages transliterate the name, preserving the textual variants where noted. 2×
AR["عَلْوانُ", "عَلْيان"]·ben["অলিয়ন", "আলবন"]·DE["Alwan", "[עלין]"]·EN["Alvan", "Alyan"]·FR["Alvan", "[עלין]"]·heb["עלון", "עלין"]·HI["अल्यान", "अल्वान"]·ID["Alwan", "Alyan"]·IT["Alvan", "[עלין]"]·jav["Alwan", "Alyan"]·KO["알완", "알완과"]·PT["'Alvan", "'Alyan"]·RU["Альван", "Альян"]·ES["Alvan", "Alyan"]·SW["Alwan", "Alyani"]·TR["Alvan", "Alyan"]·urd["علوان", "علیان"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עַלְוָן n.pr.m. in Edom Gn 36:23 (P), 𝔊 Γωλων, Γωλαμ = 1 Ch 1:40 Qr (Kt עלין), 𝔊 Σωλαμ, A Ιωλαμ, 𝔊L Αλουαν.