John
ἸωάννηςStrong’s G2491Iōannēs
Appears in 133 verses of the New Testament
In short
Iōannēs is the Greek word usually translated “john”, “than john” and “john s”. It appears in 133 verses of the New Testament.
“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,”
Meaning
Usually translated “john”, “than john” and “john s”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- john 104
- of john 26
- to john 3
- than john 2
- john s 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 29
- Matthew 26
- Mark 25
- Acts 24
- John 23
- Revelation 5
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Matthew 3:13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
- Matthew 3:14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
- Matthew 4:12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
- Matthew 4:21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
- Matthew 9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
All 133 verses, by book
- Matthew 26
- 3:13:43:133:144:124:219:1410:211:211:411:711:1111:1211:1311:1814:214:314:414:814:1016:1417:117:1321:2521:2621:32
- Mark 25
- 1:41:61:91:141:191:292:183:175:376:146:166:176:186:206:246:258:289:29:3810:3510:4111:3011:3213:314:33
- Luke 29
- 1:131:601:633:23:153:163:205:105:336:147:187:207:227:247:287:297:338:519:79:99:199:289:499:5411:116:1620:420:622:8
- John 23
- 1:61:151:191:261:281:291:321:351:401:423:233:243:253:263:274:15:335:3610:4010:4121:1521:1621:17
- Acts 24
- 1:51:131:223:13:33:43:114:64:134:198:1410:3711:1612:212:1212:2513:513:1313:2413:2515:3718:2519:319:4
- Galatians 1
- 2:9
Greek dictionary
Ἰωάννης Iōannēs · John
Ἰωάνης (Rec. ννης, which see; cf. Dalman, Gr., 142; Tdf., Pr., 79; WH, App., 159; Bl., §3, 10; 10, 2), -ου, dative, -ῃ (but in Mat.11:4. Luk.7:18, 22 Rev.1:1, ει), accusative, -ην, ὁ (Heb. יוֹחָנָן, LXX: Ἰωανάν, 2Ch.23:1, al.; -ννάν, Je 47 (40):8, al., Aq.), Hellenized form of Ἰωανάν, John ( I Est.8:38(41)*), viz., 1. John the Baptist: Mat.3:1, al. 2. John the Apostle, son of Zebedee: Mat.4:21, Mrk.1:19, Luk.5:10, Act.1:13, al. 3. The father of St. Peter: Jhn.1:43 21:15-17. 4. John surnamed Mark: Act.12:12, 25 13:5, 13 15:37. …
Βοανεργές Boanerges · Boanerges
Βοανηργές, indecl. (on the derivation, see Dalman, Gr., 144; Words, 42; Swete, Mk., l.with; DCG, i, 216), Boanerges: Mrk.3:17.† (AS)
Ἰωνᾶς Iōnas · John
Ἰωνᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (Heb. יוֹנָה), Jonah, the prophet: Mat.12:39-41 16:4, Luk.11:29-30, 32.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.