Ἰωάννης
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See also: Ιωάννης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān). Masculine form of Ἰωάννα (Iōánna).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.oˈan.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.oˈan.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.oˈan.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.oˈa.nis/
Proper noun
Ἰωάννης • (Iōánnēs) m (genitive Ἰωάννου); first declension
- (Koine) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John
Inflection
Related terms
- Ἰωάννα (Iōánna)
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)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Їѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), Їѡанъ (Ioanŭ)
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