Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Biblical Hebrew Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/5/2015 by LMS Edited 9/4/2017 by LMS Meaning & History In Genesis 36:23, Alvan is the eldest son of SHOBAL and a descendant of SEIR the Horite. In 1 Chronicles 1:40 he is called ALIAN.