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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
The well known country in S
E. of Europe, called also Hellas.
Javan
in O. T. (
Gen. 10:2-5
2
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. (Genesis 10:2‑5)
;
Isa. 66:19
19
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (Isaiah 66:19)
;
Ezek. 27:13,19
13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. (Ezekiel 27:13)
19
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. (Ezekiel 27:19)
); but direct (
Dan. 8:21; 10:20; 11:2
21
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. (Daniel 8:21)
20
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. (Daniel 10:20)
2
And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. (Daniel 11:2)
;
Joel 3:6
6
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. (Joel 3:6)
;
Acts 20:2
2
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, (Acts 20:2)
).
Greek
the original N. T. language.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
Hebrew
of Greece is
Yavan
, which naturally associates it with
Javan
the
son
of
Japheth
(
Gen. 10:2,4
2
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Genesis 10:2)
4
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Genesis 10:4)
;
1 Chron. 1:5, 7
5
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (1 Chronicles 1:5)
7
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (1 Chronicles 1:7)
). In
Isaiah 66:19
19
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (Isaiah 66:19)
the country inhabited by his descendants is also called Javan, which is mentioned as a place whose merchants traded with
Tyre
(
Ezek. 27:13,19
13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. (Ezekiel 27:13)
19
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. (Ezekiel 27:19)
). See JAVAN. The same word is translated “Grecia” in
Daniel
and “Greece” in
Zechariah
. It is the well-known country bearing that name in the S.E. corner of Europe, but the name did not always apply to the same extent of territory. It did not anciently include
Macedonia
, nor does the modern
kingdom
. Greece is referred to in Daniel as the seat of the third great Gentile empire, of which
Alexander
the Great was the
head
, though he was a
Macedonian
; but he conquered. Greece, and the empire he established bears that name (
Dan. 8:21
21
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. (Daniel 8:21)
;
Dan. 10:20
20
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. (Daniel 10:20)
;
Dan. 11:2
2
And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. (Daniel 11:2)
).
THE GRECIAN EMPIRE is called “a
kingdom of
brass
,” as
inferior
to the Babylonian and the Persian (
Dan. 2:39
39
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. (Daniel 2:39)
). It was not inferior as to its extent. Of it was said, “it shall
bear
rule over all the
earth
”; but as an empire it was not consolidated, and scarcely had any capital. An
army
had to be left in Greece under Antipater to preserve
peace
. On the
death
of Alexander the empire was not conquered by others, but fell to pieces of itself.
The empire is further compared to a
leopard
, with four
wings
, marking its rapid conquests. It had four heads, answering to its being divided into four kingdoms, before
Rome
became supreme (
Dan. 7:6
6
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. (Daniel 7:6)
). Again it is compared to a he-
goat
that touched not the ground, also marking the speed of its progress. It was very great, and when very strong its great
horn
was broken. “The rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his
eyes
is the first king” (
Dan. 8:6,8,21
6
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. (Daniel 8:6)
8
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. (Daniel 8:8)
21
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. (Daniel 8:21)
). See ALEXANDER THE GREAT. In
Zechariah 9:13
13
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. (Zechariah 9:13)
Greece is mentioned as one of the nations to be subdued by
Israel
when
Jehovah
again fights for them. It was visited by
Paul
under the
names
of Macedonia,
Achaia
and Greece (
Acts 16:9-12
9
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
10
And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
11
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
12
And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. (Acts 16:9‑12)
:
Acts 18:12
12
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, (Acts 18:12)
;
Acts 19:21
21
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. (Acts 19:21)
;
Acts 20:2
2
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, (Acts 20:2)
).
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Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
unstable: the miry one—see Javan
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