A grandson of the patriarch Noah, a son of Japheth, and ancestor of the Greeks.
About Javan
Japheth’s son whose seafaring descendants migrated to the north and west of Canaan (Gn 10:2–4; 1 Chr 1:5–7).
Family Relationships
- Parents
- Japheth
- Half-siblings 6
- Gomer, Magog, Madai, Tubal, Meshech (Genesis 10:2), Tiras
- Children 4
- Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, Dodanim
- Nieces & Nephews 3
- Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah
- Uncles 2
- Shem, Ham
- Cousins 9
- Asshur, Elam (Genesis 10:22), Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Canaan (Son of Ham), Cush, Egypt, Put
Key References
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
All Scripture References (31)
Genesis (2)
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
1 Chronicles (2)
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
Joel (1)
Mark (1)
Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
John (2)
At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
Acts (10)
At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
Romans (6)
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
1 Corinthians (4)
Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
Galatians (2)
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians (1)
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.