G2495 – Ionas – Ἰωνᾶς – Jonas

Strong’s ID:
G2495
Greek Word:
Ἰωνᾶς
Transliteration:
iōnas / Ionas
Pronunciation:
ee-o-nas’
Part of Speech:
noun proper masculine
Usage Count:
13
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Find “Ionas” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of Hebrew origin ; Jonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two Israelites:—Jonas.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

Jonah or Jonas = “dove”
1) the fifth minor prophet, the son of Amittai, and a native of Gath-hepher and lived during the reign of Jeroboam II, king of Israel
2) Jonas, the father of Peter

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.