Genesis 10:2
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יֶפֶת
Yepheth
Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity
גֹּמֶר
Gômer
Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants; also of a Hebrewess
מָגוֹג
Mâgôwg
Magog, a son of Japheth; also a barbarous northern region
יָוָן
Yâvân
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
תּוּבַל
Tûwbal
Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity
מֶשֶׁךְ
Meshek
Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him
Key Terms in This Verse
גֹּמֶר Gômer
Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants; also of a Hebrewess
Study H1586 →יָוָן Yâvân
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
Study H3120 →מֶשֶׁךְ Meshek
Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him
Study H4902 →בֵּן bên
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 father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
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 he...
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
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