Genesis 10:2
WEB
The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
BSB
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
KJV
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H1121
n-m — son
Derivation: from 1129;
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.)
KJV: 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, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
n.m — son
בֵּן 4870 n.m. son
1. son, male child, born of a woman
2. children (male and female)
3. youth, young men
4. the young of animals
5. of plant shoots
6. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows
7.
a. member of a guild, order or class
b. of animals son of (the) herd
8. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.
9. n. relat. of age
n.pr.m — his son
בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.
H3315
n-pr-m — Jepheth
Derivation: from 6601; expansion;
Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity
KJV: Japheth.
n.pr.m — Japheth
יֶ֫פֶת n.pr.m. third son of Noah
H1586
n-pr-m n-pr-f — Gomer
Derivation: from 1584; completion;
Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants; also of a Hebrewess
KJV: Gomer.
n.pr — Gomer
גֹּ֫מֶר n.pr.
1. m. son of Japhet
2. f. wife of Hosea
H4031
n-pr-m n-pr-loc — Magog
Derivation: from 1463;
Magog, a son of Japheth; also a barbarous northern region
KJV: Magog.
n.pr.terr — Magog
מָגוֹג n.pr.terr. (= land of Gog?)—a son of Japhet
H4074
n-pr-m n-pr-loc — Madai
Derivation: of foreign derivation;
Madai, a country of central Asia
KJV: Madai, Medes, Media.
n.pr.gent — Madai
מָדַי n.pr.gent. et terr. Medes, Media
1. people, as ‘son’ of Japhet
2. of land alone = Media
H3120
n-pr-m n-pr-loc — Javan
Derivation: probably from the same as 3196; 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: Javan.
n.pr.gent — Javan
יָוָן n.pr.gent. Ionia(ns), Greece
H8422
n-pr-m — Tubal
Derivation: or תֻּבַל; probably of foreign derivation;
Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity
KJV: Tubal.
n.pr.terr — Tubal
תּוּבַל n.pr.terr. et gent. in E. Asia Minor, perh. nearly = Cappadocia
H4902
n-pr-m — Meshek
Derivation: the same in form as 4901, but probably of foreign derivation;
Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him
KJV: Mesech, Meshech.
n.pr.gent — Mesech
מֶ֫שֶׁךְ n.pr.gent. the Moschi;—‘son’ of Japeth
H8494
n-pr-m — Tiras
Derivation: probably of foreign derivation;
Tiras, a son of Japheth
KJV: Tiras.
n.pr.terr — Tiras
תִּירָ֑ס n.pr.terr. et gent. ‘son’ of Japhet
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Verses 1–5
Genesis 10:1–5
Moses begins with Japheth's family, either because he was the eldest, or because his family lay remotest from Israel and had least concern with them at the time when Moses wrote, and therefore he mentions that race very briefly, hastening to give an account of the posterity of Ham, who were Israel's enemies and of Shem, who were Israel's ancestors; for it is the church that the scripture is designed to be the history of, and of the nations of the world only as they were some way or other related to Israel and interested in the affairs of Israel. Observe, 1. Notice is taken that the sons of Noah had sons born to them after the flood, to repair and rebuild the world of mankind which the flood had ruined. He that had killed now makes alive. 2. The posterity of Japheth were allotted to the isles of the Gentiles (Gen 10:5), which were solemnly, by lot, after a survey, divided among them, and probably this island of ours among the rest; all places beyond the sea from Judea are called isles (Jer 25:22), and this directs us to understand that promise (Isa 42:4), the isles shall wait for his law, of the conversion of the Gentiles to the faith of Christ.
Cross-references: Gen 10:5 · Jer 25:22 · Isa 42:4