Javan

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Javan
       adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its
             inhabitants; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects"
             [syn: {Javanese}]
       n : a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: {Javanese}]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Javan
     (1.) The fourth "son" of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), whose descendants
     settled in Greece, i.e., Ionia, which bears the name of Javan in
     Hebrew. Alexander the Great is called the "king of Javan"
     (rendered "Grecia," Dan. 8:21; 10:20; comp. 11:2; Zech. 9:13).
     This word was universally used by the nations of the East as the
     generic name of the Greek race.
     
       (2.) A town or district of Arabia Felix, from which the
     Syrians obtained iron, cassia, and calamus (Ezek. 27:19).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Javan, deceiver; one who makes sad