STRONGS H3120:
Abbreviations
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ארנבן proper name, of a location whence wine, so Co
Ezekiel 27:19 for MT
וְדָן וְיָוָן; compare Assyrian
wine of Aranabanim.
†
יָוָן proper name, of a people Ionia(ns), Greece (Greek
Ἰάονες (i.e. originally
Ἰάονες), see also
below; Old Persian
Yauna Spieg
APK 237; Assyrian
Iamanu (Iavanu) Dl
Pa 248 ff. COT
Gloss; Egyptian
Ye-van-(n)a, see WMM
369f. compare also 24 ff.; see especially on this word Sta
De Populo Javan 1880) —
Ionians, as traders
Ezekiel 27:13,
Ἑλλάς (named with
תּוּבַל,
מֶשֶׁךְ; in
Ezekiel 27:12 תַּרְשִׁישׁ in
Ezekiel 27:14 תּוֺגַרְמָה); compare
יְוָנִי (adjective, of a people) below; as distant,
Isaiah 66:19,
Ἑλλάς (with
תַּרְשִׁישׁ,
פּוּל,
לוּד,
תּוּבַל and
הָאִיִּים הָֽרְחֹקִים; list to be emended from
Sta
ib. 5 ff.); called 'son' of Japhet
Genesis 10:2 (P) =
1 Chronicles 1:5, and 'father' of
אֱלִישָׁא,
תַּרְשִׁישׁ,
כִּתִּים and
רֹדָנִים (so read for
דֹדָנִים)
Genesis 10:4 (P) =
1 Chronicles 1:7 (in these
Ιωυναν, see Lag
BN 84 Anm. **); addressed (personified)
בָּנַיִךְ יָוָן Zechariah 9:13 (opposed to
בניך צִיּוֺן)
Ἕλληνες, and so in following;
מֶלֶךְ יָוָן Daniel 8:21 (see
מַלְכֵי מָדַי וּפָרָ֑ס Daniel 8:20) =
king of Greece i.e. kingdom over which Alexander ruled, whose dominion was afterward divided (see
Daniel 8:22ff.);
שַׂריָֿוָן Daniel 10:20 of the guardian-angel of Greece (see
פָּרָס שַׂר Daniel 10:20a);
מַלְכוּת יָוָן Daniel 11:2 (
Daniel 10:20b
פָּרַֹס). —
Ezekiel 27:19 וְיָוָן is textual error, see
וְדָן above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
10:2; 10:4
1 Chronicles
1:5; 1:7
Isaiah
66:19
Ezekiel
27:12; 27:13; 27:14; 27:19; 27:19
Daniel
8:20; 8:21; 8:22; 10:20; 10:20; 10:20; 11:2
Zechariah
9:13
