Ioannes

ee-o-an'-nace
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Ioannes Definition

John = "Jehovah is a gracious giver"
  1. John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. By order of Herod Antipas he was cast into prison and afterwards beheaded.
  2. John the apostle, the writer of the Fourth Gospel, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James the elder. He is that disciple who (without mention by name) is spoken of in the Fourth Gospel as especially dear to Jesus and according to the traditional opinion is the author of the book of Revelation.
  3. John surnamed Mark, the companion of Barnabas and Paul. Acts 12:
  4. John a certain man, a member of the Sanhedrin Acts 5:6
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
ÅIwavnnhß
Origin
of Hebrew origin (03110)
Strong's Number
2491
TDNT Entry
None

KJV Word Usage

John (the Baptist)
92
John (the apostle)
36
John (Mark)
4
John (the chief priest)
1
Total
133

KJV Verse Count

Total
130

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Ioannes". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .