Ἰωνᾶς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Hebrew יוֹנָה (Yōnā́).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.ɔː.nâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.oˈnas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.oˈnas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.oˈnas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.oˈnas/
Proper noun
Ἰωνᾶς • (Iōnâs) m (genitive Ἰωνᾶ); first declension
- Jonah, a given name, famously held by the Old Testament prophet to Nineveh, swallowed by a large fish. Also, the father of Jesus' disciples Peter and Andrew.
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ἰωνᾶς; τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἰωνᾶς ho Iōnâs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ toû Iōnâ | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἰωνᾷ tôi Iōnâi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἰωνᾶν tòn Iōnân | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἰωνᾶ Iōnâ | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Arabic: يونس
- Greek: Ιωνάς (Ionás)
- Latin: Iōnās
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
- G2495 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979