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# javan

noun

«javan» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Tradition counts Javan among the seventy nations descended from Noah's sons and links his descendants with Greece.

**Interpretation.** Jewish tradition reads the list of Noah's descendants as the origin of the world's nations. Javan is usually taken as the ancestor of the Greeks.

### Meaning

A name in the Torah: a son of Japheth and a grandson of Noah. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#m1)

### Examples

- And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Torah GEN.10.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#x1)
- The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Torah GEN.10.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#x2)
- And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. (Writings 1CH.1.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#x3)
- Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#x4)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «javan» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«javan» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/javan.html) on Mova free.