Ἰωάννης

See also: Ιωάννης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān). Masculine form of Ἰωάννα (Iōánna).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.án.nɛːs/
• (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

Ἰωάννης • (Iōánnēs) m (genitive Ἰωάννου); first declension

1. (Koine) John.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰωάννης; τοῦ Ἰωάννου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰωάννης ho Iōánnēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰωάννου toû Iōánnou
Dative	τῷ Ἰωάννῃ tôi Iōánnēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰωάννην tòn Iōánnēn
Vocative	Ἰωάννη Iōánnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ἰωάννα (Iōánna)

Descendants

• Danish: Johannes, Jens, Jan, Hans, Jon, Jes, Johan
• Dutch: Jan, Johan, Jo, Joop
• English: John, Evan, Ian, Ivan, Sean
• Finnish: Johannes, Juha, Jussi, Jani
• French: Jean
• Galician: Xoan
• German: Johann, Johannes, Hans
• Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 (iōhannēs)
• Greek: Ιωάννης (Ioánnis), Ιάννης (Iánnis), Γιάννης (Giánnis), Ζαννής (Zannís)
• Irish: Seán
• Italian: Giovanni, Gianni
• Latin: Ioannes, Iohannes, Joannes, Johannes

• Old Armenian Յովհաննէս (Yovhannēs)
  • Armenian Հովհաննես (Hovhannes)
• Polish: Jan
• Portuguese: João, Ivan
• Romanian: Ioan
• Russian: Ива́н (Iván)
• Spanish: Juan
• Swedish: Johannes, Johan, Jon, Hampus, Jens, Hannes
• Ukrainian: Іва́н (Iván)
• , ,

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