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Javan יָוָן
Javan, the ancestor of the Greek people, was a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah.
Also called Greek, Gentile.
Family
| Father | Japheth |
|---|---|
| Children | Dodanim, Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim |
| Brothers and sisters | Gomer, Madai, Magog, Meshech, Tiras, Tubal |
Where Javan appears
Acts (10), Romans (6), 1 Corinthians (4), Genesis (2), 1 Chronicles (2), John (2), Galatians (2), Joel (1), Mark (1), Colossians (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 10:2 first mention — The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
- Acts 14:1 — And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
- Acts 16:1 — Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
- Acts 17:4 — And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
- Acts 20:21 — Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 1:14 — I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
- Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- Romans 2:10 — But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
- Romans 10:12 — For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
- Galatians 3:28 — There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Colossians 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.