Ἰωάννης

See also: Ιωάννης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.án.nɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.oˈan.nes/
(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

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

Danish: Johannes, Jens, Jan, Hans, Jon, Jes, Johan
Dutch: Jan, Johan, Jo, Joop
English: John, Evan, Ian, Ivan, Sean
Finnish: Johannes, Juha, Jussi, Jani
French: Jean
Galician: Xoan
German: Johann, Johannes, Hans
Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 (iōhannēs)
Greek: Ιωάννης (Ioánnis), Ιάννης (Iánnis), Γιάννης (Giánnis), Ζαννής (Zannís)
Irish: Seán
Italian: Giovanni, Gianni
Latin: Ioannes, Iohannes, Joannes, Johannes

Old Armenian Յովհաննէս (Yovhannēs)
- Armenian Հովհաննես (Hovhannes)
Polish: Jan
Portuguese: João, Ivan
Romanian: Ioan
Russian: Ива́н (Iván)
Spanish: Juan
Swedish: Johannes, Johan, Jon, Hampus, Jens, Hannes
Ukrainian: Іва́н (Iván)
Westrobothnian: Jahan, Jón, Hæns’

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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