Ἰωνᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹנָה (Yōnā́).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.nâːs/ → /i.oˈnas/ → /i.oˈnas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.nâːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.oˈnas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈnas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈnas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈnas/

Proper noun

Ἰωνᾶς • (Iōnâs) m (genitive Ἰωνᾶ); first declension

1. 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
Nominative	ὁ Ἰωνᾶς ho Iōnâs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ toû Iōnâ
Dative	τῷ Ἰωνᾷ tôi Iōnâi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰωνᾶν tòn Iōnân
Vocative	Ἰωνᾶ Iōnâ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιωνάς (Ionás)
• → Arabic: يُونُس (yūnus)
• → Latin: Iōnās
• → Old Armenian: Յովնան (Yovnan) (or from Classical Syriac)

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