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H3120 · יָוָן

Yâvân

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia

KJV gloss list in the source

Javan.

Source pronunciation notation: yaw-vawn'

Derivation recorded by Strong

probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן); effervescing (i.e. hot and active);

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