Yavan (יוון) means Greece in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יָוָן
yavan
noun · feminine
In English
Greece
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Yavan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מדינה בדרום־מזרח אירופה השוכנת לחוף הים התיכון, ולה אינספור איים.
וּבְנֵי יָוָן אֱלִישָׁה וְתַרְשִׁישׁ כִּתִּים וְדֹדָנִים.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yavan is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יָוָן
- Written without vowel points
- יוון
- Said
- yavan
- Root
- י־ו־נ
- Pattern
- קָטָל
- Gematria
- 72
This is how Yavan is said in other languages.
- English
- Greece
- Arabic
- اليونان
- Russian
- Греция, Эллада
- French
- Grèce
- Spanish
- Grecia
- German
- Griechenland
- Yiddish
- גריכלאַנד
These words rhyme with Yavan.
The word Yavan comes from the root י־ו־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Yavan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yavan.
What does Yavan (יוון) mean in Hebrew?
Yavan (יוון) means Greece. It is said yavan, with the stress on van.
What rhymes with Yavan (יוון)?
Words that rhyme with Yavan (יוון) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
Is Yavan (יוון) masculine or feminine?
The word Yavan (יוון) is a feminine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יון of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.