Ἰωάννης

See also: Ιωάννης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

• (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) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English 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

• 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)
  • Armenian: Հովհաննես (Hovhannes), Օհանես (Ōhanes), Օհան (Ōhan)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Їѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), Їѡанъ (Ioanŭ)
  • → Bulgarian: Иван (Ivan)
  • → Czech: Ivan
  • → Polish: Iwan
  • → Romanian: Ioan, Ion
  • → Russian: Иоанн (Ioann)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Иван / Ivan
  • → Slovak: Ivan
  • → Slovene: Ivan
  • → Old East Slavic: Иванъ (Ivanŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: Ива́нъ (Iván)
      • Belarusian: Іва́н (Iván)
      • Ukrainian: Іва́н (Iván)
    • Russian: Ива́н (Iván)
  • → Old Novgorodian: Иване (Ivane)

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