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Lexicon :: Strong's G2495 - iōnas

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Ἰωνᾶς
Transliteration
iōnas (Key)
Pronunciation
ee-o-nas'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin יוֹנָה (H3124)
mGNT
9x in 2 unique form(s) TR
14x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
13x in 2 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 3:406,380

Strong’s Definitions

Ἰωνᾶς Iōnâs, ee-o-nas'; of Hebrew origin (H3124); Jonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two Israelites:—Jonas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G2495 in the following manner: Jonas (the prophet) (9x), Jona (father of Peter) (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G2495 in the following manner: Jonas (the prophet) (9x), Jona (father of Peter) (4x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰωνᾶς Iōnâs, ee-o-nas'; of Hebrew origin (H3124); Jonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two Israelites:—Jonas.
STRONGS G2495:
Ἰωνᾶς, -ᾶ [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 American edition) or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word; also Ladd, Doctr. of Sacr. Script. i. 65ff]: Matthew 12:39-41; Matthew 16:4; Luke 11:29f, 32.
2. Jonah (or Jonas), a fisherman, father of the apostle Peter: Matthew 16:17 [L T WH here Βαριωνᾶ, see βαριωνᾶς]; John 1:42 (43) [R G L marginal reading Tr marginal reading, and R G in] John 21:15, [16, 17] (see Ἰωάννης, 3).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
14:25
Matthew
12:39; 12:40; 12:41; 16:4; 16:17
Luke
11:29; 11:32
John
1:42; 1:43; 21:15; 21:16-17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2495 matches the Greek Ἰωνᾶς (iōnas),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Æmath to the sea of [fn]Araba, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by [fn]his servant Jonas the son of Amathi, the prophet of Gethchopher.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the [fn]hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:12 - And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - (LXX 2:1) Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:1 - (LXX 2:2) And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3 - And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was [fn]an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:1 - But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8 - And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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