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yāwān יָוָן ‘Javan’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from the same as yayin יַ֫יִן ‘wine’
Roots: יין

yāwān pr n m pers + pr n loc + pr n loc gen
Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece"
n pr m
1) a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah
n pr loc
2) Greece, Ionia, Ionians
 2a) location of descendants of Javan

Mentioned in Genesis 10:4, 10:2 Isaiah 66:19 Ezekiel 27:13, 27:19 Zechariah 9:13 Daniel 10:20, 11:2, 8:21 1 Chronicles 1:7, 1:5

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