Lexical Summary Iōnas: Jonah, an Israelite prophet Original Word: ἸωνᾶςTransliteration: Iōnas Phonetic Spelling: (ee-o-nas') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Jonah, an Israelite prophet Meaning: Jonah -- an Israelite prophet Strong's Concordance Jonas. Of Hebrew origin (Yonah); Jonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two Israelites -- Jonas. see HEBREW Yonah Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2495: ἸωνᾶςἸωνᾶς, Ἰωνᾶ (Buttmann, 20 (17f)), ὁ (יונָה a dove), Jonah (or Jonas); 1. Jonah, the O. T. prophet, a native of Gath-hepher in the tribe of Zebulun. He lived during the reign of Jeroboam II, king of Israel (2 Kings 14:25). The narrative of his miraculous experiences, constructed for a didactic purpose, is given in the book which bears his name (on the historic character of which cf. B. D. (especially Arh. edition) or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, 2. Jonah (or Jonas), a fisherman, father of the apostle Peter: Matthew 16:17 (L T WH here Βαριωνᾶ, see βαριωνας); John 1:42 (43) (R G L marginal reading Tr marginal reading, and R G in) John 21:15,(16,17) (see Ἰωάννης, 3). |
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