The Definition of the word Javan

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)."