Ἰορδάνης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardēn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.or.dá.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.orˈda.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.orˈða.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.orˈða.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.orˈða.nis/
Proper noun
Ἰορδάνης • (Iordánēs) m (genitive Ἰορδάνου); first declension
- The river Jordan.
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ἰορδάνης; τοῦ Ἰορδάνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἰορδάνης ho Iordánēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἰορδάνου toû Iordánou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ tôi Iordánēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἰορδάνην tòn Iordánēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἰορδάνη Iordánē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ (iordanēs)
- Greek: Ιορδάνης (Iordánis)
- → Latin: Iordanes
- → English: Jordan
- → Italian: Giordano
- → Polish: Jordan
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2446 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible