Javan

son of Japheth and father of the Greeks according to the Bible
Person human_biblical_figure Q1684266
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Javan

Summary

Javan is a human biblical figure[1]. He draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (human_biblical_figure category, ranking #225 of 529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Javan's father was Japheth[3].
  • A child of Javan was Elishah[4].
  • A child of Javan was Tarshish[5].
  • A child of Javan was Kittim[6].
  • A child of Javan was Dodanim[7].
  • Javan is recorded as male[8].
  • Javan's instance of is recorded as human biblical figure[9].
  • Javan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_t55[10].
  • Javan's spoken text audio is recorded as En-Javan-article.oga[11].
  • Javan's Rodovid ID is recorded as 366295[12].
  • Javan's Rodovid ID is recorded as 79248[13].
  • Javan's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14].
  • Javan's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15].
  • Javan's present in work is recorded as First Book of Chronicles[16].
  • Javan's present in work is recorded as Genesis 10[17].
  • Javan's different from is recorded as Iavan[18].
  • Javan's different from is recorded as Yovon[19].
  • Javan's sibling is recorded as Gomer[20].
  • Javan's sibling is recorded as Tiras[21].
  • Javan's sibling is recorded as Meshech[22].
  • Javan's sibling is recorded as Tubal[23].
  • Javan's sibling is recorded as Madai[24].
  • Javan's sibling is recorded as Magog[25].

Body

Origins and Family

Javan's father was Japheth[3].

Personal Life

Children include Elishah[4], a human biblical figure[26]; Tarshish[5], a biblical place[27]; Kittim[6], a people[28]; and Dodanim[7], a human biblical figure[29].

Why It Matters

Javan draws 177 Wikipedia views per month (human_biblical_figure category, ranking #225 of 529).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

Who were Javan's parents?

Javan's father was Japheth[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Book of Genesis. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Book of Genesis. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . Book of Genesis. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . Book of Genesis. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . Book of Genesis. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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