2001 Translation

IŌAN, iōan

Sounds Like: ee-oh-AHN

Translations: John

From the root: ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun

Explanation: This is a proper noun, the Greek form of the Hebrew name 'Yochanan', meaning 'Yahweh is gracious'. It refers to the biblical figure John, such as John the Baptist or the Apostle John. The form 'ΙΩΑΝ' appears to be a shortened or inflected form of the more common 'ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ'.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative

Strong’s number: G2491 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Chronicles — 12:13

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΙΩΑΝʼΝΗΝ — John
• ΙΩΑΝʼΝΗΣ — John
• ΙΩΑΝΕΙ — to John, for John
• ΙΩΑΝΗΝ — John
• ΙΩΑΝΝΑΝ — Joanna, John
• ΙΩΑΝΝΕΙ — to John, for John
• ΙΩΑΝΝΗ — John
• ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ — John
• ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ — John
• ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ — of John
• ΙΩΑΝΝ‾Η‾ — John
• ΙΩΑΝΟΥ — of John
• ΩΑΝ — John, Joanan, Johanan

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