Ἰωάννης

See also: Ιωάννης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān), the masculine form of יוֹחָנָה (yōḥānā), whence also Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱ (Ĭōắnnā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.nis/ → /i.oˈa.nis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈa.nis/

Proper noun

Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννης • (Ĭōắnnēs) m (genitive Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννου); first declension

1. (Koine) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John

Declension

First declension of ὁ Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννης; τοῦ Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννης ho Ĭōắnnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννου toû Ĭōắnnou
Dative	τῷ Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννῃ tōî Ĭōắnnēi
Accusative	τὸν Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννην tòn Ĭōắnnēn
Vocative	Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννη Ĭōắnnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ῐ̓ωᾰ́ννᾱ (Ĭōắnnā)

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ (iōannēs)
• Greek: Ιωάννης (Ioánnis), Ιάννης (Iánnis), Γιάννης (Giánnis), Ζαννής (Zannís)
• → Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 (iōhannēs)
• → Latin: Iōannēs (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Յովհաննէս (Yovhannēs), Յոհան (Yohan)
  • Armenian: Հովհաննես (Hovhannes), Օհանես (Ōhanes), Օհան (Ōhan)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Їѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), Їѡанъ (Ioanŭ)
  • → Bulgarian: Иван (Ivan)
  • → Czech: Ivan
  • → Lithuanian: Ivanas
  • → Polish: Iwan
  • → Romanian: Ioan, Ion
  • → Russian: Иоа́нн (Ioánn)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Иван / Ivan
  • → Slovak: Ivan
  • → Slovene: Ivan
  • → Old East Slavic: Иванъ (Ivanŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: Ива́нъ (Iván)
      • Belarusian: Іва́н (Iván)
      • Ukrainian: Іва́н (Iván)
    • Russian: Ива́н (Iván)
  • → Old Novgorodian: Иване (Ivane)

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
• G2491 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible