Strong's Concordance Iónas: Jonah, an Israelite prophet Original Word: Ἰωνᾶς, ᾶ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Iónas Phonetic Spelling: (ee-o-nas') Short Definition: Jonah Definition: (Hebrew), Jonah, the Hebrew prophet. 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). Of Hebrew origin (Yonah); Jonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two Israelites -- Jonas. see HEBREW Yonah Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 24959 Occurrences Ἰωνᾶ — 7 Occ. Ἰωνᾶς — 2 Occ. Matthew 12:39 N-GMS GRK: τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ τοῦ προφήτου NAS: to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; KJV: the sign of the prophet Jonas: INT: the sign of Jonah the prophet Matthew 12:40 N-NMS Matthew 12:41 N-GMS Matthew 12:41 N-GMS Matthew 16:4 N-GMS Luke 11:29 N-GMS Luke 11:30 N-NMS Luke 11:32 N-GMS Luke 11:32 N-GMS |
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