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Genesis 10

Gen. 10:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Javan
Yavan (Hebrew #3120)
effervescing (i.e. hot and active); Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia
KJV usage: Javan.
Pronounce: yaw-vawn'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
; Elishah
'Eliyshah (Hebrew #473)
Elishah, a son of Javan
KJV usage: Elishah.
Pronounce: el-ee-shaw'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
, and Tarshish
Tarshiysh (Hebrew #8659)
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite
KJV usage: Tarshish, Tharshish.
Pronounce: tar-sheesh'
Origin: probably the same as 8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
, Kittim
Kittiy (Hebrew #3794)
patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural); a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine
KJV usage: Chittim, Kittim.
Pronounce: kit-tee'
Origin: or Kittiyiy {kit-tee-ee'}
, and ρDodanim
Dodaniym (Hebrew #1721)
a plural of uncertain derivation; Dodanites, or descendants of a son of Javan
KJV usage: Dodanim.
Pronounce: do-daw-neem'
Origin: or (by orthographical error) Rodaniym (1 Chron. 1:7) {ro-daw-neem'}
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or, as some read it, Rodanim

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Dodanim,
Elishah,
Javan,
Kittim,
Son,
Tarshish; Tharshish

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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A.M. 1666.
B.C. 2338.
Kittim.
Num. 24:24• 24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and afflict Asshur, and afflict Eber, and he also shall be for destruction. (Num. 24:24)
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Isa. 23:1,12• 1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, none entering in. From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
 12and hath said, Thou shalt no more exult, thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Sidon: get thee up, pass over to Chittim; even there shalt thou have no rest. (Isa. 23:1,12)
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Dan. 11:30• 30for ships of Chittim shall come against him; and he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant; and will practise; and he shall return and direct his attention to those that forsake the holy covenant. (Dan. 11:30)
Chittim.
Dodanim.
or, Rodanim.
• Javan also is the proper Hebrew for Greece, as in Dan. 8 where we hear of the Medes and Persians. (“Genesis 10:2” by W. Kelly)
• Ezek. 27:13 speaks of Javan among the traffickers with Tyre. (“Genesis 10:4” by W. Kelly)
• As Javan unquestionably answers to the Greeks in general and is represented in the Ionian race particularly, it is acknowledged that Elishah also belongs to that people. Ezek. 27:7 helps us to the conclusion that the isles or maritime parts pertained to his lot. (“Genesis 10:4” by W. Kelly)
• Tarshish follows; and here it appears that we need not doubt an original settlement on the south shore of Spain, where also the Phoenicians later had factories, and whence by their ships they brought to Tire silver, iron, tin, and lead, as Ezek. 27:12 informs us. The ships of Tarshish were the most famous for merchandise in ancient times. Psa. 72:10 is of itself sufficient to indicate a considerable stretch of country....There may have been another place so called in the south east or Indian ocean, to which Solomon's ships sailed from Ezion-Geber (cf. 1 Kings 9:26, 2 Chron. 9:21). (“Genesis 10:4” by W. Kelly)
• There is no difficulty as to Kittim, which is a term beyond controversy applied to two of the peninsulas of Europe, first Greece [or Macedon], then Rome or Italy....Dan. 11:30 is decisive as to Rome. So in the prophecy of Balaam (Num. 24:24) we learn of a fleet from the west afflicting Asshur, when all man's power comes to destruction. In Jer. 3:10 and Ezek. 28:6 we hear of the “isles” or sea-coasts of Kittim; which can hardly mean Cyprus, as understood Josephus and many since his day, though Gesenius approved. He allows however that a wider signification is called for as in not a few Scriptures here cited. (“Genesis 10:4” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the sons of Javan, Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.