Ἰωνᾶς

Ἰωνᾶς — Iōnâs

Ἰωνᾶς, Ἰωνᾶ (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 (2Ki 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 Arh. edition) or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word; also Ladd, Doctr. of Sacr. Script. i. 65ff): Mat 12:39-41; Mat 16:4; Luk 11:29 ff,.

2. Jonah (or Jonas), a fisherman, father of the apostle Peter: Mat 16:17 (L T WH here Βαριωνᾶ, see βαριωνας); Joh 1:42 (43) (R G L marginal reading Tr marginal reading, and R G in) Joh 21:15,(16,17) (see Ἰωάννης, 3).